Publication: Efficacy and economic evaluation of delivery of care with tele-continuous EEG in critically ill patients: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial (Tele-cRCT) study protocol
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2020-03-04
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BMJ Open. Vol.10, No.3 (2020)
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Chusak Limotai, Atiporn Ingsathit, Kunlawat Thadanipon, Oraluck Pattanaprateep, Anuchate Pattanateepapon, Kammant Phanthumchinda, Nijasri C. Suwanwela, Iyavut Thaipisuttikul, Kanokwan Boonyapisit, Ammarin Thakkinstian Efficacy and economic evaluation of delivery of care with tele-continuous EEG in critically ill patients: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial (Tele-cRCT) study protocol. BMJ Open. Vol.10, No.3 (2020). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033195 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/53729
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Efficacy and economic evaluation of delivery of care with tele-continuous EEG in critically ill patients: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial (Tele-cRCT) study protocol
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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction Some critically ill patients are confirmed by continuous electroencephalography (cEEG) monitoring that non-convulsive seizure (NCS) and/or non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) are causes of their depressed level of consciousness. Shortage of epilepsy specialists, especially in developing countries, is a major limiting factor in implementing cEEG in general practice. Delivery of care with tele-continous EEG (tele-cEEG) may be a potential solution as this allows specialists from a central facility to remotely assist local neurologists from distant areas in interpreting EEG findings and suggest proper treatment. No tele-cEEG programme has been implemented to help improve quality of care. Therefore, this study is conducted to assess the efficacy and cost utility of implementing tele-cEEG in critical care. Methods and analysis The Tele-cRCT study is a 3-year prospective, randomised, controlled, parallel, multicentre, superiority trial comparing delivery of care through € Tele-cEEG' intervention with € Tele-routine EEG (Tele-rEEG)' in patients with clinical suspicion of NCS/NCSE. A group of EEG specialists and a tele-EEG system were set up to remotely interpret EEG findings in six regional government hospitals across Thailand. The primary outcomes are functional neurological outcome (modified Rankin Scale, mRS), mortality rate and incidence of seizures. The secondary outcomes are cost utility, length of stay, emergency visit/readmission, impact on changing medical decisions and health professionals' perceptions about tele-cEEG implementation. Functional outcome (mRS) will be assessed at 3 and 7 days after recruitment, and again at time of hospital discharge, and at 90 days, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year. Costs and health-related quality of life will be assessed using the Thai version of the EuroQol-five dimensions-five levels (EQ-5D-5L) at hospital discharge, and at 90 days, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year. Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by the ethics committees of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and of Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, and registered on Thai Clinical Trials Registry. The results will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal. Trial registration number TCTR20181022002; preresults.