Liv Marit Valen Schougaard|Caroline Trillingsgaard Mejdahl|Klaus Hvam Petersen|Anne Jessen|Annette de Thurah|Per Sidenius|Kirsten Lomborg|Niels Henrik Hjøllund
Effect of patient-initiated versus fixed-interval telePRO-based outpatient follow-up: study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled study
Regional Hospital West Jutland|Aarhus University Hospital|Regional Hospital West Jutland|Regional Hospital West Jutland|Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University Hospital
traditional system routine outpatient followup chronic disease secondary care may involve waste resources patients well use patientreported outcomes pro could support flexible costsaving followup activities ambuflex pro system used outpatient followup central denmark region pro questionnaires sent patients fixed intervals clinicians use pro data decide whether patient needs visit standard telepro pro may make patients become involved care pathway may improve selfmanagement better selfmanagement may also achieved letting patients initiate contact aim study obtain data effects patientinitiated followup open access telepro resource utilisation quality care patient perspectivethe study pragmatic randomised controlled trial outpatients epilepsy participants randomly assigned one two followup activities standard telepro b open access telepro inclusion criteria age 15 years previous referral standard telepro followup aarhus university hospital denmark furthermore patients must answered last questionnaire via internet number contacts used primary outcome measure secondary outcome measures include wellbeing who5 wellbeing index general health number seizures treatment side effects mortality health literacy health literacy questionnaire selfefficacy general selfefficacy scale patient activation confidence safety satisfaction addition patient perspective explored qualitative methods data collected baseline 18 month randomisation inclusion patients study started january 2016 statistical analysis performed intentiontotreat perprotocol basis qualitative data interpretive description strategy usedthe benefits possible drawbacks probased open access approach evaluated present study provide important knowledge guide future telepro interventions relation effect resource utilisation quality care patient perspectiveclinicaltrialsgov nct02673580 registration date january 28 2016