Satisfaction with telemedicine versus in-person visits in rheumatology: a noninferiority randomised controlled trial
Primary result · High visit satisfaction (9 or 10 on 0-10 scale)Result — go to the resultDifference 13.1% 90% CI 7.7%–18.5%Authors' conclusion
Among a large group of diverse patients, satisfaction with telemedicine was not noninferior to in-person rheumatology visits.
Study context
- Population
- Rheumatology patients, multicentre500 (76.8%) in modified intent-to-treat (mITT)
- Participants
- 651 patients
- Comparison
- Telemedicine visit vs in-person visit
- Telemedicinen = 328
- In-personn = 323reference
- Primary endpoint
- Proportion with high visit satisfaction (9 or 10 on a 0-10 scale)
Methodological detailsnoninferiority, multicentre, modified intent-to-treat and per-protocol analyses
- Noninferiority
- Multicentre
- Modified intent-to-treat and per-protocol analyses
Primary result
High visit satisfaction (9 or 10 on 0-10 scale)
Difference
13.1%
90% CI 7.7%–18.5%
By group
In-personvs Telemedicine
difference 13.1% (90% CI 7.7%–18.5%)
As reported in the abstract
Further findings
Preference for same visit type for next visit · mITT analysis
P < 0.0001
High satisfaction in women (subgroup)
Immunosuppressant toxicity monitoring: hepatic function · per-protocol analysis
P = 0.0001
High satisfaction in men (subgroup)
- Men equally satisfied with both visit types
- 90.0%
Original publication
Satisfaction with telemedicine versus in-person visits in rheumatology: a noninferiority randomised controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis. Published 8 May 2025. doi:10.
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