Remote Therapeutic MonitoringNCT07790484
Assessing Feasibility of Evaluating Provider Experience With a Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Platform
An observational study of Remote Therapeutic Monitoring and Digital Health, run by Adly A Adam at 1 site in Egypt.
Trial summary
: Remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) platforms were increasingly deployed in Outpatient Rehabilitation to support continuous, between-visit communication, adherence to home exercise programs, and earlier identification of clinical setbacks. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 35 to 60 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Remote Therapeutic Monitoring, Digital Health, Proactive Patient Management
- What is being tested?
- Feasibility, cross-sectional, quantitative survey
- How many people
- 45 participants
- Where
- 1 siteEgypt
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2026to 30 Jul 2026
- How long will I take part?
- 45 Months
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 35 to 60 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
Study population: Clinicians used the SaRA Health RTM platform for at least the previous six months prior to initiation of current study. Licensed physical therapists providing Outpatient care to adult patients at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt, who had used the SaRA Health RTM platform at least six months prior and during the study period. Exclusion: clinicians without direct RTM-platform exposure and respondents with incomplete surveys on key outcome items.
Who may be able to join
- Licensed physical therapists providing Outpatient care to adult patients at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt, who had used the SaRA Health RTM platform at least six months prior and during the study period.
- A range of physical therapy experience levels and professions.
- Clinicians used the SaRA Health RTM platform for at least the previous six months prior to initiation of current study.
Who cannot join
- Clinicians without direct RTM-platform exposure and respondents with incomplete surveys on key outcome items
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Assessing Feasibility of Evaluating Provider Experience With a Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Platform: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Clinician Workload, Therapeutic Alliance, and Satisfaction
: Remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) platforms were increasingly deployed in Outpatient Rehabilitation to support continuous, between-visit communication, adherence to home exercise programs, and earlier identification of clinical setbacks. While patient-facing outcomes have received growing attention, evidence describing the clinician experience of RTM; including its effects on therapeutic alliance, perceived cognitive workload, and capacity for proactive patient management remains limited. Understanding how providers perceive and integrate RTM technology into their workflows is essential to optimizing implementation, sustaining adoption, and translating digital health investment into measurable clinical value. This cross-sectional survey study tested the feasibility of evaluating the provider's experience using a digital RTM platform across three pre-specified domains: 1) therapeutic alliance, 2) work satisfaction, plus cognitive loading, and 3) proactive patient management. A secondary objective examined whether years of clinical experience or self-reported comfort with new technology were associated with provider experience or perceived workload.A cross-sectional, anonymous survey was administered to licensed physical therapists at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt between 1st March, and 31th July, 2026 with a response rate of 43.4% (43/99) for the completed surveys. Eligible clinicians used the SaRA Health RTM platform for at least the previous six months prior to initiation of current study. The survey instrument combined an internally developed 8-item Likert-scale survey (0-5) targeting therapeutic alliance, proactive management, and satisfaction (Cronbach's α = 0.89) with a modified NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX; Cronbach's α = 0.86) measured the perceived workload across six domains (0-10). Cronbach's α coefficient demonstrates internal consistency, unless not construct validity or test-retest reliability. Statistical analyses included Spearman rank-order correlations and Mann-Whitney-U tests. For Mann-Whitney comparisons, results were reported as: U, p-value, group sample sizes (N1, N2), and rank-biserial r-effect size. For multiple comparisons across NASA-TLX subscales (k = 6), a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of α = .0083 was applied. Spearman correlations were reported with ρ and 95% confidence intervals.In this cross-sectional survey feasibility study, it was observed that clinician experience with the SaRA Health RTM platform was characterized by enhanced therapeutic alliance when early warning detection performed well, reduced cognitive load was observed when frustration was low, and meaningful facilitation of proactive patient management was observed among engaged users. Frustration emerged as the most actionable lever for design and implementation improvement, and self-reported digital comfort rather than years of clinical experience was the strongest clinician-level correlate of cognitive burden. These findings suggest that targeted onboarding, mentorship, and friction-reducing platform refinements may improve RTM adoption and amplify downstream benefits to patient care. Larger, multi-site, longitudinal studies are warranted to validate these signals.
Read the detailed description
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) has emerged as an increasingly important component of contemporary rehabilitation delivery, particularly within outpatient musculoskeletal care. The introduction of RTM-specific CPT codes beginning in 2022 to include patient-reported subjective data, has created reimbursement pathways that support integration of RTM into physical therapy practice by enabling clinicians to monitor patient progress, adherence, symptoms, and treatment response between in-person visits. Digital-health technologies may strengthen this alliance by providing easy access to communication with clinicians in between visits, enhancing continuity, and supporting personalized feedback between visits. Recent evidence suggests that digital-health interventions can positively influence patient-provider relationships when technologies are perceived as supportive rather than intrusive or burdensome. A feasibility, cross-sectional, quantitative survey was conducted at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt between 1st March, and 31th July, 2026. The Outpatient Clinics provide care to adult patients with musculoskeletal, and neuromuscular conditions. Participating clinicians were defined as licensed physical therapists (PTs). All participants were recruited voluntarily and checked an informed consent box through an emailed request. Across three pre-specified objectives for this cross-sectional, quantitative survey study, the SaRA Health RTM platform demonstrated observational signals consistent with improved therapeutic alliance when early warning detection performed well, reduced cognitive load when frustration with the platform was minimized, and meaningful facilitation of proactive patient management among clinicians who experienced the RTM process as positive. Frustration emerged as the single most actionable target for improvement, and lower self-reported digital comfort was the clinician characteristic most associated with elevated cognitive load and reduced performance on the modified NASA task index. Together these findings suggest clinician experience design, education, and training as important determinants of whether this specific RTM platform translates into the proactive, alliance-strengthening care it is intended to enable.
- Conditions
- Remote Therapeutic Monitoring, Digital Health, Proactive Patient Management, Rehabilitation
- Being tested
- Feasibility, cross-sectional, quantitative survey
- Keywords
- Clinician experience, Cognitive load, Digital health, NASA-TLX, Physical therapy, Proactive patient management, Provider satisfaction, Rehabilitation, Remote therapeutic monitoring, Therapeutic alliance
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Feasibility, cross-sectional, quantitative surveyOther
The survey was administered anonymously and consisted of two principal instruments: 1) an internally developed 8-item Likert-scale survey examining clinician experiences with the SaRA Health RTM platform and its perceived contribution to patient care plans, and 2) a modified, non-validated NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) that captured perceived cognitive and physical workload, time pressure, performance (defined as the ability to complete work), effort, and frustration associated with platform use. The validated tool is generally used without modification using a 0-100 scale. We modified the scale to 0-10 with '0' representing the lowest end of each domain. The internally developed survey, designed by the SaRA Health research team, comprised 8 items rated on a Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Items targeted clinician perceptions of therapeutic alliance, proactive patient management, and work satisfaction associated with use of the RTM system.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Group | 45 Licensed physical therapists providing Outpatient care to adult patients at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt, who had used the SaRA Health RTM platform at least six months prior and during the study period. Exclusion: clinicians without direct RTM-platform exposure and respondents with incomplete surveys on key outcome items. Participants represent a range of experience levels and professions. Respondents were asked about their comfort with technology, the number of patient-care hours they delivered weekly, and the proportion of their caseload enrolled on the SaRA Health RTM platform Receives: Other: Feasibility, cross-sectional, quantitative survey |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
A modified, non-validated NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX)
A modified, non-validated NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) measures perceived workload of human-machine systems across six domains and has been used extensively in the healthcare field to exam workload for providers using digital health technologies. The validated tool is generally used without modification using a 0-100 scale. We modified the scale to 0-10 with '0' representing the lowest end of each domain. For example, a score of 0 on the mental demand item indicates no additional mental load attributable to the system, whereas a score of '10' indicates extremely high additional mental load. The original instrument served as a template; item wording was lightly modified to reflect the RTM use case more specifically.
Measured: 1. At base-line of the study.
An internally developed 8-item Likert-scale survey
An internally developed 8-item Likert-scale survey designed by the SaRA Health research team, comprised 8 items rated on a Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Items targeted clinician perceptions of therapeutic alliance, proactive patient management, and work satisfaction associated with use of the RTM system.
Measured: 1. At base-line of the study.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Aug 2026
- Study start1 Mar 2026
- Primary completion1 Jun 2026
- Study completion30 Jul 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Remote Therapeutic MonitoringStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 45 participants (actual)
- Target duration
- 45 Months
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Adly A Adam
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Adly A Adam, Cairo University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07790484
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HSH00192
- Status last verified
- Aug 2026
- First submitted
- 23 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 27 Aug 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Aug 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Assessing Feasibility of Evaluating Provider Experience With a Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Platform: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Clinician Workload, Therapeutic Alliance, and Satisfaction
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07790484
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HSH00192
- Conditions
- Remote Therapeutic Monitoring, Digital Health, Proactive Patient Management, Rehabilitation
- Keywords
- Clinician experience, Cognitive load, Digital health, NASA-TLX, Physical therapy, Proactive patient management, Provider satisfaction, Rehabilitation
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 45 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Adly A AdamUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2026 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Jun 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Jul 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 27 Aug 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
: Remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) platforms were increasingly deployed in Outpatient Rehabilitation to support continuous, between-visit communication, adherence to home exercise programs, and earlier identification of clinical setbacks. While patient-facing outcomes have received growing attention, evidence describing the clinician experience of RTM; including its effects on therapeutic alliance, perceived cognitive workload, and capacity for proactive patient management remains limited. Understanding how providers perceive and integrate RTM technology into their workflows is essential to optimizing implementation, sustaining adoption, and translating digital health investment into measurable clinical value. This cross-sectional survey study tested the feasibility of evaluating the provider's experience using a digital RTM platform across three pre-specified domains: 1) therapeutic alliance, 2) work satisfaction, plus cognitive loading, and 3) proactive patient management. A secondary objective examined whether years of clinical experience or self-reported comfort with new technology were associated with provider experience or perceived workload.A cross-sectional, anonymous survey was administered to licensed physical therapists at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt between 1st March, and 31th July, 2026 with a response rate of 43.4% (43/99) for the completed surveys. Eligible clinicians used the SaRA Health RTM platform for at least the previous six months prior to initiation of current study. The survey instrument combined an internally developed 8-item Likert-scale survey (0-5) targeting therapeutic alliance, proactive management, and satisfaction (Cronbach's α = 0.89) with a modified NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX; Cronbach's α = 0.86) measured the perceived workload across six domains (0-10). Cronbach's α coefficient demonstrates internal consistency, unless not construct validity or test-retest reliability. Statistical analyses included Spearman rank-order correlations and Mann-Whitney-U tests. For Mann-Whitney comparisons, results were reported as: U, p-value, group sample sizes (N1, N2), and rank-biserial r-effect size. For multiple comparisons across NASA-TLX subscales (k = 6), a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of α = .0083 was applied. Spearman correlations were reported with ρ and 95% confidence intervals.In this cross-sectional survey feasibility study, it was observed that clinician experience with the SaRA Health RTM platform was characterized by enhanced therapeutic alliance when early warning detection performed well, reduced cognitive load was observed when frustration was low, and meaningful facilitation of proactive patient management was observed among engaged users. Frustration emerged as the most actionable lever for design and implementation improvement, and self-reported digital comfort rather than years of clinical experience was the strongest clinician-level correlate of cognitive burden. These findings suggest that targeted onboarding, mentorship, and friction-reducing platform refinements may improve RTM adoption and amplify downstream benefits to patient care. Larger, multi-site, longitudinal studies are warranted to validate these signals.
Detailed description
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) has emerged as an increasingly important component of contemporary rehabilitation delivery, particularly within outpatient musculoskeletal care. The introduction of RTM-specific CPT codes beginning in 2022 to include patient-reported subjective data, has created reimbursement pathways that support integration of RTM into physical therapy practice by enabling clinicians to monitor patient progress, adherence, symptoms, and treatment response between in-person visits. Digital-health technologies may strengthen this alliance by providing easy access to communication with clinicians in between visits, enhancing continuity, and supporting personalized feedback between visits. Recent evidence suggests that digital-health interventions can positively influence patient-provider relationships when technologies are perceived as supportive rather than intrusive or burdensome. A feasibility, cross-sectional, quantitative survey was conducted at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt between 1st March, and 31th July, 2026. The Outpatient Clinics provide care to adult patients with musculoskeletal, and neuromuscular conditions. Participating clinicians were defined as licensed physical therapists (PTs). All participants were recruited voluntarily and checked an informed consent box through an emailed request. Across three pre-specified objectives for this cross-sectional, quantitative survey study, the SaRA Health RTM platform demonstrated observational signals consistent with improved therapeutic alliance when early warning detection performed well, reduced cognitive load when frustration with the platform was minimized, and meaningful facilitation of proactive patient management among clinicians who experienced the RTM process as positive. Frustration emerged as the single most actionable target for improvement, and lower self-reported digital comfort was the clinician characteristic most associated with elevated cognitive load and reduced performance on the modified NASA task index. Together these findings suggest clinician experience design, education, and training as important determinants of whether this specific RTM platform translates into the proactive, alliance-strengthening care it is intended to enable.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Target follow-up
- 45 Months
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Group | – | Other: Feasibility, cross-sectional, quantitative survey45 Licensed physical therapists providing Outpatient care to adult patients at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt, who had used the SaRA Health RTM platform at least six months prior and during the study period. Exclusion: clinicians without direct RTM-platform exposure and respondents with incomplete surveys on key outcome items. Participants represent a range of experience levels and professions. Respondents were asked about their comfort with technology, the number of patient-care hours they delivered weekly, and the proportion of their caseload enrolled on the SaRA Health RTM platform |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 35 to 60 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
- Study population
- Clinicians used the SaRA Health RTM platform for at least the previous six months prior to initiation of current study. Licensed physical therapists providing Outpatient care to adult patients at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt, who had used the SaRA Health RTM platform at least six months prior and during the study period. Exclusion: clinicians without direct RTM-platform exposure and respondents with incomplete surveys on key outcome items.
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Licensed physical therapists providing Outpatient care to adult patients at the Outpatient Clinics, Shebin El-Kom, Menofyia governate, Egypt, who had used the SaRA Health RTM platform at least six months prior and during the study period.
- A range of physical therapy experience levels and professions.
- Clinicians used the SaRA Health RTM platform for at least the previous six months prior to initiation of current study.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Clinicians without direct RTM-platform exposure and respondents with incomplete surveys on key outcome items
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility, cross-sectional, quantitative surveyThe survey was administered anonymously and consisted of two principal instruments: 1) an internally developed 8-item Likert-scale survey examining clinician experiences with the SaRA Health RTM platform and its perceived contribution to patient care plans, and 2) a modified, non-validated NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) that captured perceived cognitive and physical workload, time pressure, performance (defined as the ability to complete work), effort, and frustration associated with platform use. The validated tool is generally used without modification using a 0-100 scale. We modified the scale to 0-10 with '0' representing the lowest end of each domain. The internally developed survey, designed by the SaRA Health research team, comprised 8 items rated on a Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Items targeted clinician perceptions of therapeutic alliance, proactive patient management, and work satisfaction associated with use of the RTM system. | Other | Experimental Group |
Primary outcome
A modified, non-validated NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX)
Time frame: 1. At base-line of the study.
A modified, non-validated NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) measures perceived workload of human-machine systems across six domains and has been used extensively in the healthcare field to exam workload for providers using digital health technologies. The validated tool is generally used without modification using a 0-100 scale. We modified the scale to 0-10 with '0' representing the lowest end of each domain. For example, a score of 0 on the mental demand item indicates no additional mental load attributable to the system, whereas a score of '10' indicates extremely high additional mental load. The original instrument served as a template; item wording was lightly modified to reflect the RTM use case more specifically.
An internally developed 8-item Likert-scale survey
Time frame: 1. At base-line of the study.
An internally developed 8-item Likert-scale survey designed by the SaRA Health research team, comprised 8 items rated on a Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Items targeted clinician perceptions of therapeutic alliance, proactive patient management, and work satisfaction associated with use of the RTM system.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Aug 2026.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Remote Therapeutic Monitoring and Digital Health, run by Adly A Adam at 1 site in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
A modified, non-validated NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) (time frame: 1. At base-line of the study.). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Aug 2026.