Paper vs. Internet

Adolescent Clinical Trial

— P vs I  

Official title:

Internet-administered Adolescent Scoliosis Questionnaires Compared With Traditional Pencil and Paper Versions: a Randomized Crossover Design

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01772459
• Other study ID #: H10-01785
• Secondary ID: CW10-0184
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 17, 2013
• Last updated: June 20, 2014
• Start date: August 2010
• Est. completion date: November 2013

Study information

• Verified date: June 2014
• Source: University of British Columbia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Health Canada
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Research has shown that questionnaires completed on the internet have the potential to provide more complete and honest data with fewer errors in a more efficient manner than questionnaires completed using the paper and pencil format. Despite the numerous advantages of internet-administered questionnaires, it is important to make sure that the internet questionnaires will yield comparable results to the well-established paper and pencil versions. No one has studied internet administration of scoliosis specific questionnaires in adolescents with scoliosis. The investigators will test whether the internet administration of scoliosis questionnaires is as reliable as the traditional paper and pencil version. The investigators predict that the internet-administered questionnaire will provide the same reliability as the paper-administered questionnaires.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 139
• Est. completion date: November 2013
• Est. primary completion date: November 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 10 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 10-18

• Male or female

• Diagnosis of Adolescent or Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis

• Home access to computer and internet

• Capable or oral and written communication in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to communicate in English

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Scoliosis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	British Columbia Children's Hospital	Vancouver	British Columbia

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of British Columbia	iACT - Innovations in Acute Care and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To test the reliability of the internet-administered PODCI and SRS-30 questionnaires in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis	The reliability of internet-administered questionnaires will be determined by comparison to standard paper questionnaire implementation.	2 weeks	No