Effects of a Personalized Web-based Antenatal Care Planner

NCT ID: NCT00182325

Last Updated: 2019-06-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 193 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2004-02-29
• Study Completion Date: 2006-09-30

Brief Summary

Many women are turning to the Internet to meet their health information needs, but the large amount of information available, as well as the unknown reliability and applicability of information can be overwhelming. Studies in specific patient populations have determined that patients given access to personalized, on-line medical information are more satisfied with their care than patients provided generalized information. None of these studies have looked at whether this type of patient education would be helpful for pregnant women. This study is being done to determine whether pregnant women who have access to their own health records and personalized health information over the Internet are more satisfied with their prenatal care, and if they are more compliant with health visits and tests, compared to pregnant women who receive only generic pregnancy information on the Internet and from pamphlets

Detailed Description

Many women are turning to the Internet to meet their health information needs, but the large amount of information available, as well as the unknown reliability and applicability of information can be overwhelming. Studies in specific patient populations have determined that patients given access to personalized, on-line medical information are more satisfied with their care than patients provided generalized information. None of these studies have looked at whether this type of patient education would be helpful for pregnant women. This study is being done to determine whether pregnant women who have access to their own health records and personalized health information over the Internet are more satisfied with their prenatal care, and if they are more compliant with health visits and tests, compared to pregnant women who receive only generic pregnancy information on the Internet and from pamphlets

Women are being randomly assigned to receive secure access to pregnancy health information links chosen by the centre's physicians, or to receive these links with access to their online personal health that includes the antenatal record and a section of their care planner, from the centre's electronic medical record

Conditions

Pregnancy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

personalized web prenatal information

Personalized health information for pregnancy through personal health record

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

personalized web prenatal information

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

general web prenatal information

General pregnancy health related websites

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

general web prenatal information

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

personalized web prenatal information

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

general web prenatal information

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• less than 28 weeks pregnant access to Internet

Exclusion Criteria

• cannot speak/read English and no translator

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

McMaster University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Heather Waters, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

McMaster University

Locations

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

Other Identifiers

RDF-160

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id