Web-based Education on Oral Cancer for Primary Care Physicians in Ohio

NCT01424358 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 11-160087K23DE016890-07
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Objective: The experimental design is a one-site, randomized experimental web-based educational feasibility intervention trial, with approximately 50% primary care physicians (PCPs) in the intervention group and approximately 50% PCPs on the control group, giving a total of 159 participants. All 159 participants have willingly provided their e-mail addresses, as part of a survey they previously completed entitled, "Survey of Health Professionals on Oral Cancer in Ohio- Intervention to Prevent Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Cancer."

Conditions

Oral Cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Index of knowledge of diagnostic procedure for oral cancer

  The list of participants will be sent an initial email inviting them to view the module and complete a pre test (control group) or a post test (intervention group). Reminder emails will be sent every 2 months for up to 6 months following the initial email. It is expected that at least a 15% higher proportion of Intervention group PCPs will attain the high score category for each of this index, as compared to the Control group PCPs.

  An average of 8 months from the time of the initial email sent on 7/21/11.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• To determine if a change in Stage of Diagnosis of Oral Cancer occurred for the particular year of Web-based Educational Intervention.

  3 years

• Index of knowledge of risk factors for oral cancer.

  An average of 8 months from the time of the initial email sent on 7/21/11.

Study Arms (1)

Web-based Educational

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Web-based Educational Intervention

Interventions

Web-based Educational Intervention OTHER

The intervention group will be invited to participate in the web-based educational program. PCPs in the intervention group will be asked to view the educational module which will be followed by an assessment. This group will be tested on the following knowledge outcomes: Index of knowledge of risk factor for oral cancer and Index of knowledge of diagnostic procedures for oral cancer.

Web-based Educational

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• The PCP's who participated in Specific Aim #2 (Survey of Healthcare Professionals on Oral Cancer in Ohio ) of the NIH K23 grant proposal, "Intervention to Prevent Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Cancer", will be eligible to participate in this Web-Based Education on Oral Cancer.
• Possessing the ability to give voluntary consent to participate. Participating in the web-based educational intervention is am implication of consent.
• All participants are expected to be relatively healthy.

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to have access to the internet to be able to participate in the web-based education.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Creighton University: lead
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Creighton University School of Dentistry

Omaha, Nebraska, 68178, United States

Location

Related Publications (8)

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mouth Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Head and Neck Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Study Officials

• Alvin G Wee, DDS, MS, MPH

  Creighton University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 22, 2011
• First Posted: August 29, 2011
• Study Start: July 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2013
• Study Completion: September 1, 2013
• Last Updated: March 24, 2015

Record last verified: 2012-12

Locations

US (1)