Effectiveness of the CHESS eHealth Cancer Support Intervention in Population-based Care

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

368 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-11-30

Study Completion Date

2013-08-31

Brief Summary

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The study's aim is to provide information about the clinical and business cases for comprehensive interactive cancer communication systems (ICCS) in the context of real world use for cancer care.

This study will be conducted within the Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) healthcare system. Outcomes for this study include amount of ICCS use and women's ratings of cancer information competence, perceived social support, and emotional well being. Secondary outcomes will include healthcare utilization, cost-effectiveness, and clinician ratings of healthcare visits.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Primary Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Usual Care

A group using a Basic ICCS provided by KPNW

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention

A group using an enhanced ICCS with KPNW web resources and the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS.)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enhanced ICCS with KPNW web resources and the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS.)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Half of the participating women will be randomly assigned to use an informative but static website (Basic ICCS), and half will be offered a fully interactive CHESS (Enhanced ICCS + the Basic ICCS). Study outcome data will be gathered from patients, clinicians, and the healthcare system (i.e., from the electronic medical record: EMR) for at least 8 months after study entry. We propose that the Enhanced ICCS relative to the Basic ICCS, will:

* Improve patients' sense of cancer information competence (perceived ability to obtain and use relevant information)
* Reduce patients' negative affect and increase their emotional well being
* Improve patients' sense of social support
* Improve patients' health self-efficacy
* Improve patients' ratings of experience with cancer specialty care services
* Improve patients' health related quality of life (HRQL)
* Improve clinicians' ratings of quality of patient contacts
* Reduce healthcare utilization and costs (obtained via the EMR)

Interventions

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Enhanced ICCS with KPNW web resources and the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS.)

Half of the participating women will be randomly assigned to use an informative but static website (Basic ICCS), and half will be offered a fully interactive CHESS (Enhanced ICCS + the Basic ICCS). Study outcome data will be gathered from patients, clinicians, and the healthcare system (i.e., from the electronic medical record: EMR) for at least 8 months after study entry. We propose that the Enhanced ICCS relative to the Basic ICCS, will:

* Improve patients' sense of cancer information competence (perceived ability to obtain and use relevant information)
* Reduce patients' negative affect and increase their emotional well being
* Improve patients' sense of social support
* Improve patients' health self-efficacy
* Improve patients' ratings of experience with cancer specialty care services
* Improve patients' health related quality of life (HRQL)
* Improve clinicians' ratings of quality of patient contacts
* Reduce healthcare utilization and costs (obtained via the EMR)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All subjects must be within 2 months of their primary breast cancer diagnosis,
* All subjects must be at least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

* Illiterate
* Homeless

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Timothy Baker

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Locations

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Kaiser Permanente Northwest

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States