Completion rate and impact on physician-patient relationship of video consultations in medical oncology

• Verfasst von: Walle, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Erdal, Erkin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mühlsteffen, Leon [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Singh, Hans Martin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Gnutzmann, Editha [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Grün, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hofmann, Helene [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ivanova, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Köhler, Bruno Christian [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Korell, Felix [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mavratzas, Athanasios [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mock, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Pixberg, Constantin Frederic [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schult, David [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Starke, Helen [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Steinebrunner, Niels [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Woydack, Lena [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schneeweiss, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Dietrich, Mareike [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Jäger, Dirk [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Krisam, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kather, Jakob Nikolas [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Winkler, Eva C. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Completion rate and impact on physician-patient relationship of video consultations in medical oncology
• Titelzusatz: a randomised controlled open-label trial
• Verf.angabe: Thomas Walle, Erkin Erdal, Leon Mühlsteffen, Hans Martin Singh, Editha Gnutzmann, Barbara Grün, Helene Hofmann, Alexandra Ivanova, Bruno Christian Köhler, Felix Korell, Athanasios Mavratzas, Andreas Mock, Constantin Pixberg, David Schult, Helen Starke, Niels Steinebrunner, Lena Woydack, Andreas Schneeweiss, Mareike Dietrich, Dirk Jäger, Johannes Krisam, Jakob N. Kather, Eva C. Winkler
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: 9 S.
• Fussnoten: Available online 17 November 2020, version of record 4 January 2021 ; Gesehen am 19.01.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: ESMO open
• Ort Quelle: London : BMJ, 2016
• Jahr Quelle: 2020
• Band/Heft Quelle: 5(2020,6) Artikel-Nummer e000912, 9 Seiten
• ISSN Quelle: 2059-7029
• DOI: doi:10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000912
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: digital health
• Sach-SW: physician-patient relationship
• Sach-SW: shared decision-making
• Sach-SW: smartphone
• Sach-SW: telemedicine
• K10plus-PPN: 1744939233

Abstract

Background - Mobile phone video call applications generally did not undergo testing in randomised controlled clinical trials prior to their implementation in patient care regarding the rate of successful patient visits and impact on the physician-patient relationship. - Methods - The National Center for Tumour Diseases (NCT) MOBILE trial was a monocentric open-label randomised controlled clinical trial of patients with solid tumours undergoing systemic cancer therapy with need of a follow-up visit with their consulting physician at outpatient clinics. 66 patients were 1:1 randomised to receive either a standard in-person follow-up visit at outpatient clinics or a video call via a mobile phone application. The primary outcome was feasibility defined as the proportion of patients successfully completing the first follow-up visit. Secondary outcomes included success rate of further video calls, time spent by patient and physician, patient satisfaction and quality of physician-patient relationship. - Findings - Success rate of the first follow-up visit in the intention-to-treat cohort was 87.9% (29 of 33) for in-person visits and 78.8% (26 of 33) for video calls (relative risk: RR 0.90, 95% CI 0.70 to 1.13, p=0.51). The most common reasons for failure were software incompatibility in the video call and no-show in the in-person visit arm. The success rate for further video visits was 91.7% (11 of 12). Standardised patient questionnaires showed significantly decreased total time spent and less direct costs for patients (Δmean −170.8 min, 95% CI −246 min to −95.5 min), p<0.0001; Δmean −€14.37, 95% CI −€23.9 to −€4.8, p<0.005) and comparable time spent for physicians in the video call arm (Δmean 0.5 min, 95% CI −5.4 min to 6.4 min, p=0.86). Physician-patient relationship quality mean scores assessed by a validated standardised questionnaire were higher in the video call arm (1.13-fold, p=0.02). - Interpretation - Follow-up visits with the tested mobile phone video call application were feasible but software compatibility should be critically evaluated. - Trial registration number - DRKS00015788.