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Corrected Table 1 Randomized, controlled trials involving video based virtual house calls from physicians (N = 6)

From: Erratum To: Virtual house calls for Parkinson disease (Connect.Parkinson): study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial

Study

Year

Sample size

Study population

Intervention(s)

Duration

Primary outcomes

Results

Dorsey ER et al. [14]

2013

20

Individuals with Parkinson disease

Randomized to (1) in-person care or (2) care via telemedicine

7 months

• Feasibility

• Virtual house calls were feasible

• Quality of life

• As effective as in-person care

McCrossan B et al. [15]

2012

83

Infants with congenital heart defects

Randomized to (1) videoconferencing support, (2) telephone support, or (3) control

10 weeks

• Acceptability

• Clinicians were more confident in treating patients in video visits vs. telephone

• Healthcare resource utilization

• Parents were satisfied with video visits • Healthcare resource utilization was lower in video-conferencing group

Leon A et al. [17]a

2011

83

Individuals with HIV

Randomized to (1) usual care or (2) Virtual Hospital care for one year, then crossed over after one year

2 years

• Clinical

• Satisfaction with Virtual Hospital was high

• Healthcare resource utilization

• Clinical outcomes were similar for both groups

• Quality of life

 

• Satisfaction

Morgan GJ et al. [16]

2008

30

Parents of children with severe congenital heart disease

Randomized to (1) telephone or (2) videoconferencing follow-up

6 weeks

• Parents’ anxiety

• Videoconferencing decreased anxiety levels compared to telephone and allowed better clinical information

• Clinical

• Clinician and patient satisfaction

Dallolio L et al. [19]

2008

137

Individuals with spinal cord injury

Randomized to (1) home (or nursing home or hospital) telemedicine (physician and nurse) and telerehabilitation (therapist) or (2) standard post-discharge care

6 months

• Clinical

• Telemedicine patients at one out of four sites had statistically significantly better functional improvement

• Satisfaction

• Satisfaction with interactions with nursing and medical staff and information and treatment received were higher in the telemedicine group

Whitlock WL et al. [18]a

2000

28

Individuals with Type II diabetes

Randomized to (1) home videoconferencing (monthly physician calls and weekly nurse calls) or (2) standard in-person care

3 months

• Clinical

• Some clinical outcomes improved significantly more in the telemedicine group

• Quality of life

• Quality of life was unchanged

• Satisfaction

• Physicians and case managers reported high subjective utility of telemedicine

• Technology problems were an obstacle

  1. aStudy evaluates an intervention that includes virtual house calls, but also includes other telemonitoring and/or electronic communication methodologies