The Effects of Postoperative Physician Phone Calls for Hand and Wrist Fractures

Indiana University24 enrolled

Overview

This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery.

This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery. Patients who require operative treatment of hand and wrist fractures are randomly assigned to a group that receives a postoperative phone call or the control group that receives the standard postoperative care. Patient reported and medical outcomes are observed starting at 1 month postoperatively.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hand Injuries Trauma Hand Injuries and Disorders

Interventions

Postoperative phone callBEHAVIORAL

The intervention is a phone call on the day following surgery.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with isolated injuries of the hand who present to a specific level 1 trauma center in the Midwestern United States * Patients who have planned surgical treatment by a pre-specified group of surgeons Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have significant trauma to other organ systems proximal to the wrist * Patients who have open ("compound") fractures (i.e., bone is exposed) * Children

Locations (1)

Eskenazi Hospital

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Brief Michigan Hand Questionnaire Score Difference

A patient reported measure of hand function on a scale of 1 to 100. 100 indicates better hand function and 1 indicates worse hand function. The measure is obtained form a survey that has been published in multiple peer reviewed articles. This score can be subtracted from preoperative score to obtain a difference in score of preoperative compared to postoperative.

Time frame: 1 month postoperatively.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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