Rotator Cuff Injuries
Conditions
Keywords
Mobile App, Rotator Cuff, Outpatient surgery, Follow-up
Brief summary
This study evaluate if in an outpatient rotator cuff surgery, can the use of mobile app compared to conventional paper questionnaire improve follow-up care in the first 90-days following surgery.
Detailed description
Rotator cuff surgery is a painful arthroscopic surgery. In outpatient surgery, the surgeons have to increase the security and surveillance after the surgery to reassure the patient and avoid complications. Most patients receiving ambulatory rotator cuff surgery have high pain score, and management and aspects of the rehabilitation can be challenging. However, regular follow-up is still considered important in the early post-operative phase. In between the conventional appointment 6 weeks post op and 12 weeks post op, the surgeons have no status of the patient, and no markers to check if the postoperative care is evolving right. Currently, the investigators are using a mobile application (Orthense by Digikare, Blagnac, France) to complement in-person postoperative follow-up care for patients.
Interventions
DEVICEOrthense, Orthense, Digikare Inc. Blagnac, France
Mobile-app follow-up care, with questions and score
OTHERQuestionnaire
Paper questionnaire follow-up, with questions and score
Sponsors
L'Institut de Recherche en Chirurgie Orthopédique et Sportive
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients undergoing rotator cuff surgery. They must be able to use a mobile-app, and have an email address and internet connexion.
Exclusion criteria
* Unable to read French
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Return rate | 6 weeks postoperative | The overall response rate to the questionnaires |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The quality of the responses | 6 weeks postoperative | response rate inside the questionnaire |
| Net Promoter Score (NPS) | 6 weeks postoperative | whether or not the patient recommended the questionnaire used, a scale of 0 (not at all likely) to 10 (very likely) |
| Overall patient satisfaction | 6 weeks postoperative | whether or not the patient is satisfied of the questionnaire used, a scale of 0 (not at all) to 10 (very good) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed