Interactive Sections Of An Internet-Based Intervention Increase Patient Empowerment: A Study With Chronic Back Pain Patients

NCT ID: NCT02114788

Last Updated: 2014-04-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-03-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to study how to improve patients' management of chronic back pain, particularly their management of prescription medication, through increasing health literacy and patient empowerment through an internet based intervention. We do this by designing both patient education materials and physician communication strategies to increase literacy and volitional components of patients. We will test two conditions using a website called Oneself: one providing only information (literacy-only control) and a second providing relational communications designed to increase both literacy and volitional empowerment. To test the self-management enhancing effects of empowerment and health literacy, we will conduct a longitudinal experiment with 51 chronich back pain patients over two months. This span of time is the minimum necessary to achieve a systematic change in self-management and literacy skills, increasing also the range of possible decisions to be made and actions to be real-ized by the patients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Group 1 (Control): Access to a Static Version of the Website Containing Only Static Features (i.e. Library, First Aid, and FAQ) Group2 (Intervention) Access to an Interactive Version of the Website Containing Both Static and Interactive Features

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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group 1

No intervention

No interventions assigned to this group

Group 2

Intervention with interactive website

Internet-based

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Internet-based

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. aged \> 18 years,
2. having suffered from back pain for at least 3 months,
3. no concurrent involvement in other studies.

Exclusion Criteria

1. No access/limited access to computer and internet
2. concurrent diseases
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Lugano

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Silvia Riva

Dr

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Insitute of Communication nad Health, University of Lugano

Lugano, Canton Ticino, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

References

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Riva S, Camerini AL, Allam A, Schulz PJ. Interactive sections of an Internet-based intervention increase empowerment of chronic back pain patients: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2014 Aug 13;16(8):e180. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3474.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25119374 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.oneself.ch

website used for the study

Other Identifiers

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FNS100013_130030/1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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