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NCT04645563
Using Whatsapp for the Consultation
trial testing Sending thorax ct video images via smartphone applications in Covid-19 in 144 participants. Completed in 31 May 2020.
30 May 2020
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Kafkas University |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 144 |
| Start date | 11 March 2020 |
| Primary completion | 30 May 2020 |
| Estimated completion | 31 May 2020 |
| Sites | 1 location across Turkey (Türkiye) |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Sending thorax ct video images via smartphone applications
Conditions studied
- Covid-19 — all drugs for Covid-19 →
Sponsor
Kafkas University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Covid-19. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Telephone, internet-connected devices (phablet, pc), chat platforms, mobile applications (Skype, Facebook messenger, Whatsapp, to name a few) can be exploited for telemedicine applications. Whatsapp and similar applications are widely used to facilitate clinical communication between physicians, too. Moreover, Whatsapp is used between ED physicians and consultant physicians during ED consultations in which medical information is exchanged. This platform is regarded as a useful application in the consultation of dermatological and orthopaedic cases. Preventing the overcrowding in the ED is key to reducing the transmission risk, and teleconsulting practice is thought to be effective in the diagnosis, treatment and reduction of the risk of disease transmission, most notably in the Covid-19 pandemic process. Video consulting is highly recommended in some countries on the grounds that it is likely to reduce the risk of transmission. Whatsapp-like applications are one of the video-consulting platforms assumed to reduce the risk of contamination by minimizing the patient-doctor contact. This study thus sets out to investigate the effect of Whatsapp video consultation upon patient admission and discharge times in comparison to bedside consultation in the evaluation of potential Covid-19 patients visiting the Covid-19 outpatient clinic during the pandemic period. The subjects who presented to ED Covid-19 outpatient clinic between March 11, 2020 and May 31, 2020 and for whom an infectious diseases (ID) physician was consulted (via Whatsapp or at bedside) will be included in the study in accordance with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Eventually, 54 patients whose consultations were made via Whatsapp and 90 patients whose consultations were made at bedside will be in this study.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Use of WhatsApp for Polyclinic Consultation of Suspected Patients With COVID-19: Retrospective Case Control Study.
Sabırlı R, Karsli E, Canacik O, Ercin D, et al · · 2020 · cited 11× · PMID 33276318 · DOI 10.2196/22874
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04645563 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kafkas University
- Last refreshed: 27 November 2020
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