Wireless Handheld Echo Utilization Toward Refined Telemedicine in Japanese Hilly and Mountainous, Island Rural Areas - Optimize echocardiographic skill in trainee doctors, student doctors and nurses.

UMIN ID: UMIN000054371

Registered date:01/06/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Pending
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Heart faillure
• Date of first enrollment: 2024/06/01
• Target sample size: 100
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Echocardiography performed by trainee doctors, student doctors and visiting nurses. Echocardiography will be performed to bout 100 patients within 6 months.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Echocardiographic skill for enrolled trainee doctors, student doctors and visiting nurses evaluated by check-list 6 months after starting this study. Check items are as follows 1/ Parasternal long axis view 2/ Parasternal short axis view (aortic valve level) 3/ Parasternal short axis view (mitral valve level) 4/ Parasternal short axis view (papillary muscle level) 5/ Parasternal short axis view (apex level) 6/ Apex four-chamber cross-sectional image 7/ Apical two-chamber cross-sectional image 8/ Apex three-chamber cross-sectional image

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Case in which informed consent is not obtained.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kumamoto University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: GE Healthcare Japan