Adult patients with Cystic Fibrosis who are seen at the specialty CF clinic at University of Virginia will be given an option to utilize telemedicine instead of in-person visits for standard clinic visits. Health information from standard of care visits including FEV1, exacerbations, leading to oral or intravenous antibiotics, laboratory results, hospitalization records, and responses to health questionnaires will be recorded for research purposes. Data collected for the research study will be compared to baseline and previous years to determine if there are any deleterious effects for those who transition to telemedicine clinic visits.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
140
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
FEV1 stability
A change of 10% or more in FEV1 percent predicted will be considered significant; FEV1 pre and pos covid telemedicine implementation will be compared
Time frame: 12 months
Exacerbation rate
Exacerbation rate pre and pos covid telemedicine implementation will be compared
Time frame: 12 months
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