Effects of a Personalized Web-based Antenatal Care Planner

Pregnancy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Women's Web Access to Their Own Antenatal Health Record and Personalized Health Information: Effect on Pregnancy Health Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00182325
• Other study ID #: RDF-160
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2004
• Est. completion date: September 2006

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: McMaster University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Many women are turning to the Internet to meet their health information needs, but the large amount of information available, as well as the unknown reliability and applicability of information can be overwhelming. Studies in specific patient populations have determined that patients given access to personalized, on-line medical information are more satisfied with their care than patients provided generalized information. None of these studies have looked at whether this type of patient education would be helpful for pregnant women. This study is being done to determine whether pregnant women who have access to their own health records and personalized health information over the Internet are more satisfied with their prenatal care, and if they are more compliant with health visits and tests, compared to pregnant women who receive only generic pregnancy information on the Internet and from pamphlets

Description:

Many women are turning to the Internet to meet their health information needs, but the large amount of information available, as well as the unknown reliability and applicability of information can be overwhelming. Studies in specific patient populations have determined that patients given access to personalized, on-line medical information are more satisfied with their care than patients provided generalized information. None of these studies have looked at whether this type of patient education would be helpful for pregnant women. This study is being done to determine whether pregnant women who have access to their own health records and personalized health information over the Internet are more satisfied with their prenatal care, and if they are more compliant with health visits and tests, compared to pregnant women who receive only generic pregnancy information on the Internet and from pamphlets

Women are being randomly assigned to receive secure access to pregnancy health information links chosen by the centre's physicians, or to receive these links with access to their online personal health that includes the antenatal record and a section of their care planner, from the centre's electronic medical record

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 193
• Est. completion date: September 2006
• Est. primary completion date: August 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• less than 28 weeks pregnant access to Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• cannot speak/read English and no translator

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pregnancy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• personalized web prenatal information

• general web prenatal information

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	McMaster University	Hamilton	Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation	McMaster University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Uptake of Service	Number of log-ins	11 months
Primary	Easy to Log on	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months
Primary	Information Easy to Understand	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months
Primary	Learned Something New	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months
Primary	Easy to Find Information	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months
Primary	Helped me Stay Healthy	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months
Primary	Helped me Learn About Risks	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months
Primary	Helped me Understand Tests	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months
Primary	Helped me Make Decisions	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months
Primary	Helped me Remember Appointments	Women were asked to rate their agreement with statements about the website from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5) on a five-point scale. Results presented here are mean responses to questionnaire about the pregnancy website in the two randomized groups.	11 months