NCT05998148

Virtual Phone Visits Compared to In-Person Physical Visits for Post-Operative Follow-Up at a Sports Medicine Clinic

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 15 December 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing virtual phone appointment visits in Patient Satisfaction in 90 participants. Completed in 24 January 2024.

Timeline

1 March 2022

Primary endpoint
31 December 2023

24 January 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Jonathan Wu
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	90
Start date	1 March 2022
Primary completion	31 December 2023
Estimated completion	24 January 2024
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• virtual phone appointment visits

Conditions studied

• Patient Satisfaction — all drugs for Patient Satisfaction →
• Sports Injury — all drugs for Sports Injury →
• Surgery — all drugs for Surgery →
• Orthopedic Disorder — all drugs for Orthopedic Disorder →

Sponsor

Jonathan Wu

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Patient Satisfaction or Sports Injury. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

PROMIS Physical and Mental Scores Primary · 6 month post-operative visit

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) GLOBAL Survey is divided into PROMIS Physical and PROMIS Mental. Minimum score 16.2, Maximum Score 67.2 for PROMIS Physical. Minimum score 21.2, Maximum score 67.6 for PROMIS Mental. Higher score means better outcome.

PROMIS Physical

Group	Value	95% CI
Virtual Phone Appointment Visits	50.46	± 7.84
Standard In-person Appointment Visits	50.26	± 7.76

PROMIS Mental

Group	Value	95% CI
Virtual Phone Appointment Visits	56.51	± 10.02
Standard In-person Appointment Visits	60.21	± 8.47

Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement Secondary · 6 month post-operative visit

Survey scores from Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement (KOOS JR) for knee injuries. Minimum score 0. Max score 100. Higher score is better.

Group	Value	95% CI
Virtual Phone Appointment Visits	72.25	± 17.69
Standard In-person Appointment Visits	68.41	± 22.85

Oxford Shoulder Score Secondary · 6 month post-operative visit

Survey scores from the Oxford Shoulder score for shoulder injuries. Minimum is 0. Maximum is 48. Higher score is better.

Group	Value	95% CI
Virtual Phone Appointment Visits	35.65	± 9.08
Standard In-person Appointment Visits	32	± 15.33

Patient Satisfaction Scores Secondary · 6 month post-operative visit

Patient satisfaction scores after in-person visit or virtual phone visit. Minium score is 1. Maximum Score 5. Higher score is better.

Group	Value	95% CI
Virtual Phone Appointment Visits	4.5	± 0.73
Standard In-person Appointment Visits	4.37	± 0.60

Sponsor's own description

This study will compare patient reported outcomes (PROs) of patients seen at virtual phone visits compared to in-person visits for 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months post-operative follow up at a sports medicine clinic. This study will determine if there is a difference in PROs between these two groups of patients. The investigators hypothesize patients who are seen during a virtual phone visit will report different PRO compared to patients who are seen during an in-person visit for post-operative follow-up at 6-months.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.