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This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery.
This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery. Patients who require operative treatment of hand and wrist fractures are randomly assigned to a group that receives a postoperative phone call or the control group that receives the standard postoperative care. Patient reported and medical outcomes are observed starting at 1 month postoperatively.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phone Call | Experimental | Subjects in this study arm receive a post-operative phone call by a physician. |
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| No Phone call | No Intervention | Subjects in this study arm do not receive an additional post-operative phone call by a physician. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postoperative phone call | Behavioral | The intervention is a phone call on the day following surgery. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Brief Michigan Hand Questionnaire Score Difference | A patient reported measure of hand function on a scale of 1 to 100. 100 indicates better hand function and 1 indicates worse hand function. The measure is obtained form a survey that has been published in multiple peer reviewed articles. This score can be subtracted from preoperative score to obtain a difference in score of preoperative compared to postoperative. | 1 month postoperatively. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Patient compliance with treatment recommendations | Patient compliance with treatment as documented in their medical record. Patients are either compliant or not compliant (values can be 0 or 1), i.e., their physician states that they followed instructions or they did not. | 1 month postoperatively |
| Patient satisfaction with their overall care |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Joshua M Adkinson, M.D. | Indiana University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Eskenazi Hospital | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D006230 | Hand Injuries |
| D014947 | Wounds and Injuries |
| D004194 | Disease |
| ID | Term |
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| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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Participants are randomized to receiving a postoperative phone call or not receiving a postoperative phone call by a physician.
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Both the provider and the outcomes assessor are blinded to participant's study arm.
Patient satisfaction with their overall care, as determined on a 5 point Likert scale. 1 is strongly satisfied whereas 5 is strongly dissatisfied. |
| 1 month postoperatively. |
| Patient complication | Patient either has a complication or does not (values can be 0 or 1), i.e., their physician states that they had a complication. | 1 month postoperatively |