Tailored Internet Information Supply for Patients - Part 2

Headaches Clinical Trial

Official title:

Quality of Self-Diagnosis by Headache Patients Getting Tailored Internet Information - Part 2

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00921453
• Other study ID #: GWDiss3000490-2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 15, 2009
• Last updated: June 15, 2009
• Start date: April 2009
• Est. completion date: April 2009

Study information

• Verified date: June 2009
• Source: Health & Life Sciences University, Tryol
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Austria: Federal Ministry for Health Family and YouthGermany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Medical expert systems in combination with portal searching meta-search engines are exploited to provide reliable patient-tailored information. A prototype of a web-based information system has been developed and is to be evaluated. Its aim is to answer the decisive question whether expert system guided internet meta-search provides a better information supply for patients seeking health information online then this is possible by using ordinary search engines or health portals. The research does neither investigate the influence of ethical nor legal aspects of internet health information supply.

Description:

The study is a follow-up of NCT00746408. It has been conducted because for the first study still not enough participants have been recruited. The study took part at Bamberg University in Germany with 140 participants.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 140
• Est. completion date: April 2009
• Est. primary completion date: April 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• can use a computer

• can surf the internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• is a medical expert

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Headache
• Headaches

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Bamberg University	Bamberg

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Health & Life Sciences University, Tryol	Bremen University of Applied Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

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External Links

•   Health & Life Sciences University (UMIT) Tyrol, Austria
•   University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany