Tailored Internet Information Supply for Patients

NCT ID: NCT00746408

Last Updated: 2009-06-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-01-31

Study Completion Date

2009-09-30

Brief Summary

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Medical expert systems in combination with portal searching meta-search engines are exploited to provide reliable patient-tailored information. A prototype of a web-based information system has been developed and is to be evaluated. Its aim is to answer the decisive question whether expert system guided internet meta-search provides a better information supply for patients seeking health information online then this is possible by using ordinary search engines or health portals. The research does neither investigate the influence of ethical nor legal aspects of internet health information supply.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Headache

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Main 1

Insurants of the health insurance company BARMER using the prototype to receive expert system guided tailored internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.

Expert system guided tailored information

Intervention Type OTHER

The prototype is realised by a web-based information system. The HTML web-interface guides the user through the search process by querying the information demand. This is done by an integrated expert system. The expert system uses a rule based inference to determine an internal diagnosis. Based on this internal diagnosis the system searches quality labeled websites and presents relevant information to the user.

Main 2

Insurants of the health insurance company BARMER using search engines and portals to gather internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.

No interventions assigned to this group

Online 1

Internet users using the prototype to receive expert system guided tailored internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.

Expert system guided tailored information

Intervention Type OTHER

The prototype is realised by a web-based information system. The HTML web-interface guides the user through the search process by querying the information demand. This is done by an integrated expert system. The expert system uses a rule based inference to determine an internal diagnosis. Based on this internal diagnosis the system searches quality labeled websites and presents relevant information to the user.

Online 2

Internet users using search engines and portals to gather internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Expert system guided tailored information

The prototype is realised by a web-based information system. The HTML web-interface guides the user through the search process by querying the information demand. This is done by an integrated expert system. The expert system uses a rule based inference to determine an internal diagnosis. Based on this internal diagnosis the system searches quality labeled websites and presents relevant information to the user.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 18 and 75
* Suffers at least occasionally from headaches
* Has internet access
* Has not obtained a medical diagnosis (concerning this headache) by a physician, yet

Exclusion Criteria

* Age under 18
* Age over 75
* Does never suffer from headaches
* Has no internet access
* Has already gotten a medical diagnosis for her/his headaches
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Bremen University of Applied Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Health & Life Sciences University, Tryol

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Health & Life Sciences University Tyrol, Austria

Principal Investigators

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Wilfried Honekamp, MSc & Dipl.-Inform.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Health & Life Sciences University Tyrol, Austria

Herwig Ostermann, Dr.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Health & Life Sciences University Tyrol, Austria

Roland Staudinger, Prof.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Health & Life Sciences University Tyrol, Austria

Locations

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Health & Life Sciences University (UMIT)

Hall in Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Austria

Central Contacts

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Wilfried Honekamp, MSc & Dipl.-Inform.

Role: CONTACT

+49 (0) 178 1604553

Facility Contacts

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Wilfried Honekamp, MSc & Dipl.-Inform.

Role: primary

+49 (0) 178 1604553

References

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Related Links

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http://www.hs-bremen.de

University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany

Other Identifiers

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GW Diss 3000490

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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