Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Trial website
Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr N. Eminovic
ORCID ID
Contact details
Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam
Department of Clinical Information Science
Meibergdreef 9
J1b 113-2
Amsterdam
1105 AZ
Netherlands
n.eminovic@amc.uva.nl
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
NTR254
Study information
Scientific title
A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) on primary care electronic referrals: focus on efficient consultation using telemedicine in dermatology
Acronym
PERFECT D
Study hypothesis
Teledermatology will prevent referrals to the dermatologist: the proportion of preventable referrals will be significantly higher in the intervention group of patients (GP uses teledermatology) than in the control group.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Multicentre, randomised, single blinded active controlled parallel group, two arms
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Skin complaints
Intervention
Semi-structured electronic referral form supported by digital images of skin condition with the possibility to ask a dermatologist for an advice on treatment/investigations prior to the consultation.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Proportion of preventable referrals.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Diagnostic accuracy
2. Delay in treatment
3. Patient satisfaction with care (PSQ III)
4. Learning effect GPs
5. Costs
Overall trial start date
01/12/2003
Overall trial end date
01/07/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. GPs who have a computer with an Internet connection
2. Patients who have a skin condition for which a GP refers the patient to a dermatologist
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
1000
Participant exclusion criteria
1. GPs who are using or used teledermatology for more than once in the past year
2. Patients with urgent conditions requiring a consultation the same or next day are excluded
Recruitment start date
01/12/2003
Recruitment end date
01/07/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Trial participating centre
Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam
Amsterdam
1105 AZ
Netherlands
Sponsor information
Organisation
KSYOS Health Management Research BV (The Netherlands)
Sponsor details
IJburglaan 530
Amsterdam
1087 BT
Netherlands
020-6000060
info@ksyos.org
Sponsor type
Research organisation
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (The Netherlands)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1. 2010 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20738871
Publication citations
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Results
Eminović N, Dijkgraaf MG, Berghout RM, Prins AH, Bindels PJ, de Keizer NF, A cost minimisation analysis in teledermatology: model-based approach., BMC Health Serv Res, 2010, 10, 251, doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-251.