Effects of a Personalized Web-based Antenatal Care Planner

NCT00182325 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: RDF-160
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 193
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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

Conditions

Pregnancy

Keywords

medical record; pregnancy; Internet

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (10)

• Uptake of Service

  Number of log-ins

  11 months

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Study Arms (2)

personalized web prenatal information

EXPERIMENTAL

Personalized health information for pregnancy through personal health record

Behavioral: personalized web prenatal information

general web prenatal information

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

General pregnancy health related websites

Behavioral: general web prenatal information

Interventions

personalized web prenatal information BEHAVIORAL

personalized web prenatal information

general web prenatal information BEHAVIORAL

general web prenatal information

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• less than 28 weeks pregnant access to Internet

You may not qualify if:

• cannot speak/read English and no translator

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation: lead
• McMaster University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

Location

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Heather Waters
• Organization: Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University

watersh@mcmaster.ca

(905) 575-6782

Study Officials

• Heather Waters, MD

  McMaster University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2005
• First Posted: September 16, 2005
• Study Start: February 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2006
• Study Completion: September 1, 2006
• Last Updated: June 10, 2019
• Results First Posted: June 10, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Locations

CA (1)