Teledermatology in urban and rural general practice

ISRCTN	ISRCTN12803261
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN12803261
Protocol serial number	PSI03-33
Sponsor	Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Prof Richard Wootton
Scientific

Institute of Telemedicine and Telecare
Royals Hospitals Trust
Belfast
BT12 6BA
United Kingdom

Email	r.wootton@pobox.com

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Comparison of real time teledermatology with outpatient dermatology in terms of clinical outcomes, cost-benefits, and patient reattendance.
Ethics approval(s)	Received from local medical ethics committee
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Skin and connective tissue diseases
Intervention	Patients randomised to a teledermatology consultation attended their own health centre and, in the company of a general practitioner, were seen by a hospital dermatologist over the videolink. Patients randomised to a hospital consultation were seen by the dermatologist in the outpatient department as normal. The dermatologist recorded a diagnosis, management plan, clinical outcome of consultation, and length of consultation time. All patients received an accelerated referral and were seen within 10 days.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Reported clinical outcome of initial consultation 2. Primary care and outpatient reattendance data 3. Cost-benefit analysis of both methods of delivering care
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	01/12/2000

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	204
Key inclusion criteria	204 general practice patients requiring referral to dermatology services; 102 were randomised to teledermatology consultation and 102 to traditional outpatient consultation.
Key exclusion criteria	Does not match inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/06/1995
Date of final enrolment	01/12/2000

Institute of Telemedicine and Telecare

Belfast
BT12 6BA
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	preliminary results	01/12/1998		Yes	No
Results article	results	06/05/2000		Yes	No