Patient Engagement Via Crowdsourcing

NCT03264521 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1R21AT009124-01
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 8,193
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study aims to advance pain research by exploring feasibility of crowdsourcing patient pain data via Amazon Mechanical Turk, the largest and most studied crowdsourcing platform in the U.S. We will leverage an existing NIH/NCCIH grant as a comparison data (RAND Center of Excellence in Research on CAM; CERC) to conduct a feasibility study of new methods for gathering and analyzing data on chronic pain and engaging pain patients in health policy.

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Keywords

Crowdsourcing; Patient Engagement; Chiropractic

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• ODI Score

  Oswestry Disability Index: Validated low back pain function scale (0-100)

  day 1

• PROMIS-29

  Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, 29 items, Version 2: Validated, self-reported measure of global, physical, mental, and social health for adults in the general population and those living with a chronic condition.

  day 1

• Average Pain NRS (0-10)

  Numeric Rating Scale for pain intensity: Average pain in past seven days (0-10)

  day 1

• Worst Pain NRS (0-10)

  Numeric Rating Scale for pain intensity: worse pain in past seven days (0-10)

  day 1

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Demographics

  day 1

Study Arms (1)

MTurk Participants

Participants who are registered users on Amazon Mechanical Turk (crowdsourcing platform) who volunteer to take survey.

Other: Surveys

Interventions

Surveys OTHER

Web surveys about experiences with chronic low back pain, demographics, coding qualitative text.

MTurk Participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants of Amazon Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform with chronic low back pain who utilize chiropractic care.

You may qualify if:

• At least 3 months of low back pain or self-reported chronic low back pain
• Utilized chiropractic care for treating back pain

You may not qualify if:

• Under 21 years of age
• No open legal or workers compensation case related to condition
• No diagnosis from provider of medical condition, so must be non-specific low back pain.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• RAND: lead
• Claremont Graduate University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

RAND Corporation

Santa Monica, California, 90407, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Participation

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 25, 2017
• First Posted: August 29, 2017
• Study Start: January 23, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 22, 2017
• Study Completion: May 30, 2018
• Last Updated: February 26, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)