Teleconferenced medical consultations Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Videoconference link (tele-consultation) versus routine hospital outpatients consultation
Sponsors
Department of Health (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients referred by the participating general practitioners for a hospital specialist opinion in the following specialty areas: ENT medicine, general medicine (including endocrinology and rheumatology), gastroenterology, orthopaedics, neurology and urology
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following instruments were used in the trial: 1. A patient demographic and personal details questionnaire 2. S F12 generic measure of well-being 3. Ware Specific Visit Questionnaire (SVQ) for patient satisfaction 4. Speiberger Standing State Anxiety Inventory (STAI) 5. A patient cost questionnaire 6. Duke Severity of Illness questionnaire (DUSOI) to measure the co-morbidity or burden of illness 7. Protocol specifically designed to extract data for hospital and GP records | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed