Hand Injuries, Hand Injuries and Disorders, Trauma
Conditions
Keywords
Hand injuries, Hand trauma, Patient reported outcomes
Brief summary
This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery.
Detailed description
This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery. Patients who require operative treatment of hand and wrist fractures are randomly assigned to a group that receives a postoperative phone call or the control group that receives the standard postoperative care. Patient reported and medical outcomes are observed starting at 1 month postoperatively.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPostoperative phone call
The intervention is a phone call on the day following surgery.
Sponsors
Indiana University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Both the provider and the outcomes assessor are blinded to participant's study arm.
Intervention model description
Participants are randomized to receiving a postoperative phone call or not receiving a postoperative phone call by a physician.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with isolated injuries of the hand who present to a specific level 1 trauma center in the Midwestern United States * Patients who have planned surgical treatment by a pre-specified group of surgeons
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who have significant trauma to other organ systems proximal to the wrist * Patients who have open (compound) fractures (i.e., bone is exposed) * Children
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brief Michigan Hand Questionnaire Score Difference | 1 month postoperatively. | A patient reported measure of hand function on a scale of 1 to 100. 100 indicates better hand function and 1 indicates worse hand function. The measure is obtained form a survey that has been published in multiple peer reviewed articles. This score can be subtracted from preoperative score to obtain a difference in score of preoperative compared to postoperative. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient compliance with treatment recommendations | 1 month postoperatively | Patient compliance with treatment as documented in their medical record. Patients are either compliant or not compliant (values can be 0 or 1), i.e., their physician states that they followed instructions or they did not. |
| Patient satisfaction with their overall care | 1 month postoperatively. | Patient satisfaction with their overall care, as determined on a 5 point Likert scale. 1 is strongly satisfied whereas 5 is strongly dissatisfied. |
| Patient complication | 1 month postoperatively | Patient either has a complication or does not (values can be 0 or 1), i.e., their physician states that they had a complication. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed