Personal Health Records and Elder Medication Use Quality

NCT ID: NCT02012712

Last Updated: 2019-08-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1163 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-07-31

Study Completion Date

2011-02-28

Brief Summary

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Purpose: To examine the impact of a personal health record (PHR) on medication use safety among older adults.

Background: Online PHRs have potential as tools to manage health information. We know little about how to make PHRs accessible for older adults and what effects this will have.

Methods: A PHR was designed and pretested with older adults and tested in a six-month randomized controlled trial. After completing mailed baseline questionnaires, eligible computer users aged 65 and over were randomized 3:1 to be given access to a PHR (n=802) or serve as a standard care control group (n=273). Follow-up questionnaires measured change from baseline medication use, medication reconciliation behaviors, and medication management problems.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Adverse Reaction to Drug Health Behavior Medication Adherence Physician-Patient Relations

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Personal Health Record (PHR)

Subjects were sent an invitation to use an online Personal Health Record (PHR)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Personal Health Record (PHR)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Iowa PHR is a Web-based application that features a tabbed interface design. Users can enter, view, and print their current and past medicines, allergies, health conditions, and health event tracking over time. An embedded tutorial video provides assistance with the system. The PHR was developed and refined using participatory design and focus group sessions as well as evaluation in a usability laboratory. The resulting design emphasizes the reduction of physical and cognitive demands on users, focusing on simplicity, readability, and quick navigation.

Iowa PHR displayed a message when a user entered a medication with an associated Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders project (ACOVE-3) safety concern. This included 16 safety issues for 12 drugs or drug classes with safety concerns. We also adapted four general medication use patient safety indicators from the ACOVE project and displayed them to all users on a rotating basis upon login.

Usual care

Subjects received usual care (no invitation or access to the study PHR)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Personal Health Record (PHR)

Iowa PHR is a Web-based application that features a tabbed interface design. Users can enter, view, and print their current and past medicines, allergies, health conditions, and health event tracking over time. An embedded tutorial video provides assistance with the system. The PHR was developed and refined using participatory design and focus group sessions as well as evaluation in a usability laboratory. The resulting design emphasizes the reduction of physical and cognitive demands on users, focusing on simplicity, readability, and quick navigation.

Iowa PHR displayed a message when a user entered a medication with an associated Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders project (ACOVE-3) safety concern. This included 16 safety issues for 12 drugs or drug classes with safety concerns. We also adapted four general medication use patient safety indicators from the ACOVE project and displayed them to all users on a rotating basis upon login.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Computer use within the past month.
* Age 65+
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

95 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Iowa

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Elizabeth A Chrischilles

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Elizabeth A Chrischilles, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Iowa

Locations

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University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Hourcade, J.P., Chrischilles, E.A., Gryzlak, B.M., Hanson, B.M., Dunbar, D.E., Eichmann, D.A. and Lorentzen, R.R. (2011). Design Lessons for Older Adult Personal Health Records Software from Older Adults. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, held as part of HCI International. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6766, 176-85.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Witry MJ, Doucette WR, Daly JM, Levy BT, Chrischilles EA. Family physician perceptions of personal health records. Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2010 Jan 1;7(Winter):1d.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20697465 (View on PubMed)

Chrischilles EA, Hourcade JP, Doucette W, Eichmann D, Gryzlak B, Lorentzen R, Wright K, Letuchy E, Mueller M, Farris K, Levy B. Personal health records: a randomized trial of effects on elder medication safety. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jul-Aug;21(4):679-86. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002284. Epub 2013 Dec 10.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24326536 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-21663-3_19

\[Manuscript\] Design Lessons for Older Adult Personal Health Records Software from Older Adults

Other Identifiers

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R18HS017034

Identifier Type: AHRQ

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

200708714

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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