An observational study in Bariatric Surgery Candidate and Patient Underwent Bariatric Surgery, sponsored by University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-05-29.
Sponsored by University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli · Observational
Bariatric patients represent a peculiar and frail subset of subjects, constantly increasing. During the novel coronavirus disease outbreak, for the lockdown of any non-urgent and non-oncological activity, the access to healthcare services was severely limited, according to the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.
The constant and strict follow-up is mandatory in this special subset of patients. Therefore, starting from the telemedicine experience in different medical fields, in our bariatric surgery division we designed and started a dedicated project to follow-up obese patients using remote counselling.
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This study's enrollment of 138 is close to the median of 135 across 1,283 observational studies indexed under Obesity.
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A total of 138/175 patients (78.8%) were eligible for telemedicine (66 established patients, 25 undergoing surgery within 30 days and 47 for the first time referred to our center).
Exclusion criteria:
Inclusion criteria were as follows: obese adults (\> 18 years of age, BMI\> 40 or \> 35 with comorbidities) older than 18 years; patients undergoing bariatric surgery within 6 months; patients who required clinical and instrumental control; presence of a caregiver in case of subject with cognitive impairment; patients with a history of bariatric surgery who requested a first outpatients access or established patients who requested an outpatients' visit for an emerging problem.
Other: Telemedicine to remote outpatient visit in bariatric patient
Patients that referred for the first time to our bariatric center were investigated for anthropometric, psychological and instrumental data in order to evaluate the eligibility for a future bariatric procedure. In established patients, eligibility for tele-consultation was evaluated by three experienced physicians, consulting the stored patients' data. All included patients provided oral informed consent. Patients approached the virtual visit with their personal smart devices, desktop or laptop computer. Medical counselling was performed using a desktop or laptop computer from the Hospital or home in a smart working modality. The video call was carried out using Skype platform by Microsoft®; any document drawn up by the physician was saved as pdf using the Cute Professional™ PDF software, that allows to add passwords and set security options to protect the patients' data.
Evaluation of feasibility of telemedicine in outpatient visit in bariatric patients
Telemedicine to follow-up and identify sing or symptom of alarm in patient undergoing bariatric surgery or in established bariatric patients during COVID-19 outbreak
Time frame: 2 months
Plan to share: Undecided
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