Pressure Ulcer
Conditions
Keywords
U-health, chronic wound management
Brief summary
This trial is a prospective research to evaluate efficiency in U-health solution service based on Mobile for the chronic wound management.
Detailed description
This trial conducted to assess the efficiency of teleconsultation using the smart-phone-based store-and-forward system in promoting the wound healing process as well as cost-effectiveness in patients with pressure ulcer.
Interventions
DEVICETelemedicine system
The data such as photographs can be collected simply using built-in cameras installed in smart-phones that used the standard touch-screen user interface (UI) and camera installed in the iPhone3GS and iPhone4 using iOS 3.0 and iOS 5.0, respectively. Subjects were instructed to transmit the photographs of the wounds then investigator performed the photography in such a manner that the size of pressure ulcer should be automatically measured based on a 1 cm x 1 cm-sized indicator on the screen.
Sponsors
KT Corporation
Chan-Yeong Heo
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Subjects who have pressure ulcer * Subjects who voluntarily decided the participation of the study and signed the informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Subjects who have Osteomyelitis * Subjects who have suppuration * Subjects who participated in other clinical trial within 30 days from screening date
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Concordance rate for the wound and the type of dressing on the Pressure Sore Status Tool (PSST) | 4weeks post-treatment | 1. Data collection * The measurement of the size of pressure ulcer * Medical examination;the degree of recovery of pressure ulcer 2. Remote physician monitoring \- The patient data was transmitted from the smart-phone to the website via open application programming interface (API) 3. Prescription 4. Data analysis - One plastic surgeon, one Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse(WOCN) and one researcher grossly examined the wound sites of each patient and assessed the pressure ulcer using the revised PSST based on a 4-6 point scale. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Concordance rate for the wound and the type of dressing on the Pressure Sore Status Tool (PSST) | 1week post-treatment | 1. Data collection * The measurement of the size of pressure ulcer * Medical examination;the degree of recovery of pressure ulcer 2. Remote physician monitoring \- The patient data was transmitted from the smart-phone to the website via open application programming interface (API) 3. Prescription 4. Data analysis - One plastic surgeon, one Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse(WOCN) and one researcher grossly examined the wound sites of each patient and assessed the pressure ulcer using the revised PSST based on a 4-6 point scale. |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed