Carrying a Chronic Wound, Resident of Languedoc-roussillon
Conditions
Keywords
chronic wound, tablet, telemedicine, wounds consultation, Smartphone
Brief summary
Estimate in 6 months the impact of the telemedicine on the cure rate of the chronic wounds compared with the usual care(with or without CICAT-LR Network).
Interventions
OTHERTelemedicine
OTHERControl
Sponsors
University Hospital, Montpellier
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being adult * Taken up residence on the Languedoc-Roussillon * Patient carrying a wound with healing or improvement objective (wound closure or the appearance of 40% of granulation) * Informed consent signed, * Patient member of the Security Social * Patient having a visiting nurse.
Exclusion criteria
* Patient in vital or functional emergency situation during the first call or during the consultation * Tumoral wound * dialysis patient * Arteritis of stage 4 and not revascularizable * Absence of regular doctor and visiting nurse * patient refusal * Refusal of one of the health professionals participating in the pathology care * Anybody incapable to communicate and to answer the questions * Pregnant or nursing woman * Subject deprived of freedom by court or administrative order * Major subject protected by the law * For the patients in telemedicine: refusal of the collaboration agreement
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of healed chronic wounds during a telemedicine care | Six months after inclusion | Rate of healed chronic wounds during a telemedicine care versus during a usual medical care |
| Rate of healed chronic wounds during a usual medical care | Six months after inclusion | Rate of healed chronic wounds during a telemedicine care versus during a usual medical care |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Result to the questionnaire on the quality of life: EQ-5D | Six months after inclusion | Compare the quality of life of patients with chronic wounds during a telemedicine coverage versus during a usual medical care, thanks to the EQ-5D quality life scale. |
| A measure of the costs of the management of the disease | Seven months after the inclusion of the last patient | A measure of the costs of the management of the disease (consumer care, hospitalization, transport ...) |
| A measure of the costs of the intervention assessed | Seven months after the inclusion of the last patient | A measure of the costs of the intervention assessed (investment, maintenance, training ...). |
| The total healing time | Six months after inclusion | — |
| The decrease in centimeters of the wound surface to 6 months | Six months after inclusion | — |
| The response time between making an appointment and support | Six months after inclusion | — |
| The mortality rate within 6 months | Six months after inclusion | — |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed