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This project assesses feasibility of providing medically vulnerable rural patients with Medical-Self-Assessment-Boxes containing equipment to use at home during telephone and video consultations (telemedicine) with GPs and other healthcare professionals. COVID-19 has caused an upsurge in primary care telemedicine which the investigators believe can be sustained and optimized to make things better for medically vulnerable rural patients beyond the pandemic. The investigators will achieve this by equipping the participants to self-measure and report key clinical measurements (e.g. blood pressure, temperature, oxygen levels) during telemedicine consultations. Before conducting a major evaluation of the Medical-Self-Assessment-Box for medically vulnerable rural patients the investigators must establish three things: First, to show the investigators can issue a Medical-Self-Assessment-Box to medically vulnerable rural patients and enable them to use it properly. Second, to determine that patients can use the Medical-Self-Assessment-Box effectively during telemedicine consultations. Third, to show that it is possible to measure how well the Medical-Self-Assessment-Box is working by counting how often the boxes are being used and whether use is appropriate and helpful. The knowledge gained will provide the investigators with the information needed to develop a funding proposal to evaluate Medical-Self-Assessment-Boxes for medically vulnerable rural patients in the whole of the UK.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | No Intervention | Participants will be receiving their standard medical care. | |
| Intervention | Active Comparator | Participants will be receiving the intervention on top of their standard medical care. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A sphygmanometer, a digital thermometer, a pulse oximeter and a peak flow meter will be given to participants to use during their telemedicine consultations with health care providers. | Device | A sphygmanometer, a digital thermometer, a pulse oximeter and a peak flow meter will be given to participants in the intervention arm to use during their telemedicine consultations with health care providers. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Short questionnaire | The questionnaire will assess use of equipment, perception of how helpful the equipment was for the consultation and the reasons why it was helpful. | 6 months (given at the end of every TM consultation) |
| Interviews | Qualitative data collected at the end of the study according to a topic guide. | 1 day (end of study interview) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Number of consultations face to face | Number of face to face consultations | 6 months (every time there is a consultation) |
| Number of consultations TM | Number of telemedicine consultations |
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Inclusion Criteria:
● Solid organ transplant recipient
On the COVID-19 shielding list
People with specific cancers
People with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma, and severe COPD
People with rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism that significantly increase the risk of infections (such as SCID, homozygous sickle cell anaemia)
People in immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection
Inclusion criteria for GPs:
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion criteria for GPs:
A GP that cannot provide informed consent
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Peter Murchie | University of Aberdeen | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Aberdeen City | AB25 2ZD | United Kingdom |
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| 6 months (every time there is a consultation) |
| Hospital admissions elective | Number of elective hospital admissions | 6 months (every time there is an admission) |
| Hospital admissions emergency | Number of emergency hospital admissions | 6 months (every time there is an admission) |
| Ambulance service call-outs | Number of Scottish ambulance service call-outs | 6 months (every time there is a call-out) |
| Ambulance service paramedics | Number of face-to-face paramedic assessment | 6 months (every time there is an assessment) |
| Survival | Survival at six months | 6 months (assessed at the end of the study) |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D008661 | Metabolism, Inborn Errors |
| D000755 | Anemia, Sickle Cell |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D030342 | Genetic Diseases, Inborn |
| D009358 | Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D000745 | Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital |
| D000743 | Anemia, Hemolytic |
| D000740 | Anemia |
| D006402 | Hematologic Diseases |
| D006425 | Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases |
| D006453 | Hemoglobinopathies |
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