Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2022
Assessing Telemedicine Efficiency in Follow-up Care With Video Consultations for Patients in Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery in Germany: Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Analyzing the Effect of Telemedicine on Domains of Quality Through Facilitators and Barriers to Adoption: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Digital Literacy and Patient Satisfaction in Telemedicine Follow-Up With In-Person App Instruction Versus Outpatient Department Follow-Up After Upper-Extremity Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Digitization of Follow-Up Care in Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery With Video Consultations: Health Economic Evaluation Study From a Health Provider's Perspective.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Economic and Environmental Impact of Digital Health App Video Consultations in Follow-up Care for Patients in Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery in Germany: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Six Weeks in Orthopedics: Biological Basis, Clinical Practice, and Evidence for a Universal Benchmark.Orthopedic reviews · 2026Article
- Benefits and challenges of asynchronous telemedicine in obtaining a second opinion: a qualitative interview study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Teleophthalmology at a primary and tertiary eye care network from India: environmental and economic impact.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- How do digital range of motion measurement devices 'measure-up' to traditional goniometry in assessing shoulder range of motion? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Shoulder & elbow · 2024Review
- Telemedicine for Preoperative Assessment, Surgical Appointments, and Preoperative Education in Gynecological Day Surgery: An Prospective Observational Analysis.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
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- COVID-19 related decline in cancer screenings most pronounced for elderly patients and women in Germany: a claims data analysis.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of a nurse-led digital care program for patients with external fixation: A randomized controlled trial.Digital healthArticle
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTelemedicine can help mitigate important health care challenges, such as demographic changes and the current COVID-19 pandemic, in high-income countries such as Germany. It gives physicians and patients the opportunity to interact via video consultations, regardless of their location, thus offering cost and time savings for both sides.
objectiveWe aimed to investigate whether telemedicine can be implemented efficiently in the follow-up care for patients in orthopedic and trauma surgery, with respect to patient satisfaction, physician satisfaction, and quality of care.
methodsWe conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial in a German university hospital and enrolled 60 patients with different knee and shoulder conditions. For follow-up appointments, patients received either an in-person consultation in the clinic (control group) or a video consultation with their physician (telemedicine group). Patients' and physicians' subsequent evaluations of these follow-up appointments were collected and assessed using separate questionnaires.
resultsOn the basis of data from 52 consultations after 8 withdrawals, it was found that patients were slightly more satisfied with video consultations (mean 1.58, SD 0.643) than with in-clinic consultations (mean 1.64, SD 0.569), although the difference was not statistically significant (P=.69). After excluding video consultations marred by technical problems, no significant difference was found in physician satisfaction between the groups (mean 1.47, SD 0.516 vs mean 1.32, SD 0.557; P=.31). Further analysis indicated that telemedicine can be applied to broader groups of patients and that patients who have prior experience with telemedicine are more willing to use telemedicine for follow-up care.
conclusionsTelemedicine can be an alternative and efficient form of follow-up care for patients in orthopedic and trauma surgery in Germany, and it has no significant disadvantages compared with in-person consultations in the clinic.
trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register DRKS00023445; https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00023445.
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