N/A
N=11
Controlled Trial of Tele-Support and Education for Womens Health Care in CBOCs
Metrorrhagia · Urinary Incontinence · Remote Consultation · Videoconferencing · Women's Health
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01918072 ↗Enrolled (actual)
11
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
Nov 2019
Primary outcome: Primary: Change in Quality of Women's Health Care (Control Period vs. Intervention Period) — 7.1 percent of care adherent to guidelines
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Clinical innovation (Other)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Primary completion
- Sep 2018
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Change in Quality of Women's Health Care (Control Period vs. Intervention Period) |
7.1 | — |
| SECONDARY Change in Quality of Women's Health Care (Controlled Trial Steps) |
9.6 | — |
| SECONDARY Provider Referral Behavior |
13 | — |
| SECONDARY Quality of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Care |
53 | — |
| SECONDARY Quality of Menopausal Symptoms Care |
58 | — |
| SECONDARY Quality of Urinary Incontinence Care |
39 | — |
Summary
VA community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) typically serve only a small number of women Veterans, and generally do not have the women's health care resources that are available in larger settings. Women Veterans using these sites for primary care must sometimes travel to other sites to receive women's health care. That can create travel burdens, reduce continuity of care, and negatively affect patient outcomes. To address this, VA is implementing a clinical operations innovation that supports women's primary care providers with a technology-based intervention that combines interactive communication with women's health specialists and ongoing education. This research study is evaluating the implementation and effects of this women's healthcare delivery innovation. Findings from this research will inform VA women's health clinical practice and education, and will advance science in delivering technology-supported non-face-to-face care that is applicable to other clinical conditions and patient populations.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
US Department of Veterans Affairs Women's Health primary care provider in who participates in Veterans Affairs SCAN-ECHO learning sessions or uses Veterans Affairs gynecology electronic consults.
Exclusion Criteria
none
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01918072). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.