the Study Focus on the Uses of Telephone and Other New Technology in Medicine, Diagnosis and TreatmentNCT04752553
Pros and Cons of Telemedicine in Diagnosis and Management
An observational study of the Study Focus on the Uses of Telephone and Other New Technology in Medicine, Diagnosis and Treatment, run by Heba A Yassa at 1 site in Egypt.
Trial summary
Telemedicine "healing at a distance" Telemedicine has many advantages especially in time of pandemics for both doctors and patients, low cost and easily accessibility. Pandemics especially COVID 19 has radically change the medical team thoughts about the telemedicine. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 80 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- the Study Focus on the Uses of Telephone and Other New Technology in Medicine, Diagnosis and Treatment
- How many people
- 1,000 participants
- Where
- 1 siteEgypt
- Study dates
- 9 Mar 2021to 10 Feb 2022
- How long will I take part?
- 1 Year
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: all population can be included in the study
Who may be able to join
- doctors of all specialty
- Patients
- police man and who work in law
Who cannot join
- No exclusion criteria
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Telemedicine "healing at a distance" Telemedicine has many advantages especially in time of pandemics for both doctors and patients, low cost and easily accessibility. Pandemics especially COVID 19 has radically change the medical team thoughts about the telemedicine. It can decrease the exposure of the medical team to infection and expected by some of the medical team to be very beneficial if done in good and legal manner. Although, telemedicine has many advantages, also has many disadvantages and medicolegal problems, breakdown in the relationship between medical teams and patients, mis diagnosis or wrong treatment. There are many legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine.
Read the detailed description
Telemedicine "healing at a distance" Telemedicine has many advantages especially in time of pandemics for both doctors and patients, low cost and easily accessibility. Pandemics especially COVID 19 has radically change the medical team thoughts about the telemedicine. It can decrease the exposure of the medical team to infection and expected by some of the medical team to be very beneficial if done in good and legal manner. Although, telemedicine has many advantages, also has many disadvantages and medicolegal problems, breakdown in the relationship between medical teams and patients, mis diagnosis or wrong treatment. There are many legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine. These include the medical responsibilities, the confidentiality and privacy of the patients can not be maintained, the jurisdictional problems. Shortage of medical practitioners and specialists, shortage of internet facilities, low education levels in some patients all are problems facing the telemedicine in developing countries. The evolution of telemedicine poses a series of legal problems ranging from the profiles on the subject of authorization and accreditation to those concerning the protection of patient confidentiality, the definition and solution of which, in the absence of specific regulatory provisions, is mainly left to the assessment of compatibility of the practices adopted so far, with the general regulatory framework.
This research will be done to clarify the role of telemedicine, and if it has a share hand or the upper hand if compared with traditional medicine.
- Keywords
- Telemedicine - malpractice - telehealth
- Medical subject headings
- Disease
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
- To provide an overview about the pros and cons of the telemedicine in Egypt especially in the period of the COVID 19 pandemic.
describe the pros and cons of the telemedicine
Measured: 6 months
- To assess the impact of telehealth on clinical outcomes from the view of the doctors, patients.
list the impact of telehealth and telemedicine on doctors and patients
Measured: 6 months
Secondary outcomes (1)
- To evaluate the opinion of the law and the malpractice problems that can face doctors due to the use of telemedicine.
List the law opinion about the telemedicine
Measured: one year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Feb 2021
- Study start9 Mar 2021
- Primary completion10 Aug 2021 (estimated)
- Study completion10 Feb 2022 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for the Study Focus on the Uses of Telephone and Other New Technology in Medicine, Diagnosis and TreatmentStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 1,000 participants (estimated)
- Target duration
- 1 Year
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Heba A Yassa
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Heba A Yassa, Assiut University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04752553
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AssiutU1234
- Status last verified
- Jul 2021
- First submitted
- 9 Feb 2021
- Last updated
- 20 Jul 2021
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Ferorelli D, Nardelli L, Spagnolo L, Corradi S, Silvestre M, Misceo F, Marrone M, Zotti F, Mandarelli G, Solarino B, Dell'Erba A. Medical Legal Aspects of Telemedicine in Italy: Application Fields, Professional Liability and Focus on Care Services During the COVID-19 Health Emergency. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020 Jan-Dec;11:2150132720985055. doi: 10.1177/2150132720985055.
PubMed 33372570Durupt M, Bouchy O, Christophe S, Kivits J, Boivin JM. [Telemedicine in rural areas: general practitioners' representations and experiences]. Sante Publique. 2016 Oct 19;28(4):487-497. French.
PubMed 28155753Ateriya N, Saraf A, Meshram VP, Setia P. Telemedicine and virtual consultation: The Indian perspective. Natl Med J India. 2018 Jul-Aug;31(4):215-218. doi: 10.4103/0970-258X.258220.
PubMed 31134926Vidal-Alaball J, Acosta-Roja R, Pastor Hernandez N, Sanchez Luque U, Morrison D, Narejos Perez S, Perez-Llano J, Salvador Verges A, Lopez Segui F. Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aten Primaria. 2020 Jun-Jul;52(6):418-422. doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 17.
PubMed 32402477
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 20 Jul 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Pros and Cons of Telemedicine in Diagnosis and Management
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04752553
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- AssiutU1234
- Keywords
- Telemedicine - malpractice - telehealth
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 1,000 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Heba A YassaUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 9 Mar 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 10 Aug 2021 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 10 Feb 2022 (estimated)
- First posted
- 12 Feb 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Telemedicine "healing at a distance" Telemedicine has many advantages especially in time of pandemics for both doctors and patients, low cost and easily accessibility. Pandemics especially COVID 19 has radically change the medical team thoughts about the telemedicine. It can decrease the exposure of the medical team to infection and expected by some of the medical team to be very beneficial if done in good and legal manner. Although, telemedicine has many advantages, also has many disadvantages and medicolegal problems, breakdown in the relationship between medical teams and patients, mis diagnosis or wrong treatment. There are many legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine.
Detailed description
Telemedicine "healing at a distance" Telemedicine has many advantages especially in time of pandemics for both doctors and patients, low cost and easily accessibility. Pandemics especially COVID 19 has radically change the medical team thoughts about the telemedicine. It can decrease the exposure of the medical team to infection and expected by some of the medical team to be very beneficial if done in good and legal manner. Although, telemedicine has many advantages, also has many disadvantages and medicolegal problems, breakdown in the relationship between medical teams and patients, mis diagnosis or wrong treatment. There are many legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine. These include the medical responsibilities, the confidentiality and privacy of the patients can not be maintained, the jurisdictional problems. Shortage of medical practitioners and specialists, shortage of internet facilities, low education levels in some patients all are problems facing the telemedicine in developing countries. The evolution of telemedicine poses a series of legal problems ranging from the profiles on the subject of authorization and accreditation to those concerning the protection of patient confidentiality, the definition and solution of which, in the absence of specific regulatory provisions, is mainly left to the assessment of compatibility of the practices adopted so far, with the general regulatory framework.
This research will be done to clarify the role of telemedicine, and if it has a share hand or the upper hand if compared with traditional medicine.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Target follow-up
- 1 Year
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- all population can be included in the study
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- doctors of all specialty
- Patients
- police man and who work in law
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- No exclusion criteria
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
- To provide an overview about the pros and cons of the telemedicine in Egypt especially in the period of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Time frame: 6 months
describe the pros and cons of the telemedicine
- To assess the impact of telehealth on clinical outcomes from the view of the doctors, patients.
Time frame: 6 months
list the impact of telehealth and telemedicine on doctors and patients
1 secondary outcome
- To evaluate the opinion of the law and the malpractice problems that can face doctors due to the use of telemedicine.
Time frame: one year
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 20 Jul 2021.
- Background: PubMed 33372570Ferorelli D, Nardelli L, Spagnolo L, Corradi S, Silvestre M, Misceo F, Marrone M, Zotti F, Mandarelli G, Solarino B, Dell'Erba A. Medical Legal Aspects of Telemedicine in Italy: Application Fields, Professional Liability and Focus on Care Services During the COVID-19 Health Emergency. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020 Jan-Dec;11:2150132720985055. doi: 10.1177/2150132720985055.
- Background: PubMed 28155753Durupt M, Bouchy O, Christophe S, Kivits J, Boivin JM. [Telemedicine in rural areas: general practitioners' representations and experiences]. Sante Publique. 2016 Oct 19;28(4):487-497. French.
- Background: PubMed 31134926Ateriya N, Saraf A, Meshram VP, Setia P. Telemedicine and virtual consultation: The Indian perspective. Natl Med J India. 2018 Jul-Aug;31(4):215-218. doi: 10.4103/0970-258X.258220.
- Background: PubMed 32402477Vidal-Alaball J, Acosta-Roja R, Pastor Hernandez N, Sanchez Luque U, Morrison D, Narejos Perez S, Perez-Llano J, Salvador Verges A, Lopez Segui F. Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aten Primaria. 2020 Jun-Jul;52(6):418-422. doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 17.
- http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32643663/Link provided by the sponsor.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of the Study Focus on the Uses of Telephone and Other New Technology in Medicine, Diagnosis and Treatment, run by Heba A Yassa at 1 site in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Jul 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
- To provide an overview about the pros and cons of the telemedicine in Egypt especially in the period of the COVID 19 pandemic. (time frame: 6 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04752553, which also lists 4 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Jul 2021.