Electronic Linkage for Inflammatory Bowel Disease to Deliver Joint Access to Health Reports

NCT ID: NCT02985476

Last Updated: 2016-12-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

61 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-05-31

Study Completion Date

2011-08-31

Brief Summary

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This study evaluated the extent to which a shared health record facilitated better communication, increase individual responsibility for health care and reduce demand for health resources.

The study made individualised reports available to patients and General Practitioners and gave much more detail about participants chronic disease and treatments, and evaluated its effectiveness in a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

One third of patients received care as usual, two thirds of patients received the intervention.

Detailed Description

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Chronic illness is a major cause of health problems. Self-management programmes can improve care and reduce healthcare resource use, but rely on well educated patients who are able to take responsibility for their care, have effective communication with health care providers, and easy access to appropriately triaged services.

This study utilised Inflammatory Bowel Disease as an exemplar of chronic disease management.

To inform the intervention the investigators held a focus group with patients who told the investigators about their concerns relating to education, care planning and communication about their condition. The participants expressed a preference for individualised information about their care, and plans of what to do if symptoms increase.

The investigators departmental electronic patient record (GeneCIS), was extended to provide personalised, educationally enriched information to each participant about their Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The investigators customised GeneCIS to develop output reports i.e.: "My History", "My plan" and "My Update", that attach specific educational information to the detailed, structured clinical data held on the system, and shared this with participants and their General Practitioner.

Conditions

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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Keywords

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Electronic health records Health records personal

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Interventional

Care as usual plus 8 weekly ELIJAH health reports shared with the participant and General Practitioner for 6 months i.e.: My history, My plan, My Update delivered via post or by email (dependant on participant preference) in addition to care as usual.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Health reports

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants were sent 3 sets of individualised, educationally enriched health reports about their diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease history, care plan and updates on their recent health status, results or encounters with health care services.

Observational

Care as usual dictated by disease pathway of diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease i.e.; access to out-patient and in-patient hospital based care and community health resources via General Practitioner.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Health reports

Participants were sent 3 sets of individualised, educationally enriched health reports about their diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease history, care plan and updates on their recent health status, results or encounters with health care services.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Clinical diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, specifically Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease.
2. Aged 18 to 90 years.
3. Under the care of Consultant Gastroenterologists.
4. Patient registered with collaborating General Practitioner practice.

Exclusion Criteria

a. Participants who are unable to comprehend the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Swansea University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Health Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Phedra Dodds

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Phedra Dodds

Consultant Nurse

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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John G Williams, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Professor of Health Services Research

Locations

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Neath Port Talbot Hospital

Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Travis SP, Stange EF, Lemann M, Oresland T, Bemelman WA, Chowers Y, Colombel JF, D'Haens G, Ghosh S, Marteau P, Kruis W, Mortensen NJ, Penninckx F, Gassull M; European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO). European evidence-based Consensus on the management of ulcerative colitis: Current management. J Crohns Colitis. 2008 Mar;2(1):24-62. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2007.11.002. Epub 2008 Jan 18. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Stange EF, Travis SP, Vermeire S, Reinisch W, Geboes K, Barakauskiene A, Feakins R, Flejou JF, Herfarth H, Hommes DW, Kupcinskas L, Lakatos PL, Mantzaris GJ, Schreiber S, Villanacci V, Warren BF; European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO). European evidence-based Consensus on the diagnosis and management of ulcerative colitis: Definitions and diagnosis. J Crohns Colitis. 2008 Mar;2(1):1-23. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2007.11.001. Epub 2008 Jan 18. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Politi P, Bodini P, Mortilla MG, Beltrami M, Fornaciari G, Formisano D, Munkholm P, Riis L, Wolters F, Hoie O, Katsanos K, O'Morain C, Shuhaibar M, Lalli P, De Falco M, Pereira S, Freitas J, Odes S, Stockbrugger RW; European Collaborative Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Communication of information to patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A European Collaborative Study in a multinational prospective inception cohort. J Crohns Colitis. 2008 Sep;2(3):226-32. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2008.01.007. Epub 2008 May 16.

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Other Identifiers

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40189

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id