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Improving Chronic Disease Care With PatientSite

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00130416
First received: August 12, 2005
Last updated: July 3, 2008
Last verified: July 2008
History of Changes
  Purpose

The overall goal of this randomized, controlled trial is to test whether educational interventions - directed toward empowering patients and delivered via the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC's) secure patient Internet portal PatientSite - can improve the outcomes and satisfaction with care of adult primary care patients with 3 common conditions: chronic pain, depression, and progressive difficulty walking.


Condition Intervention
Depression
Pain
Mobility Difficulty
 Behavioral: E-mail coaching to improve patient communication with doctor

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Official Title: Improving Chronic Disease Care With PatientSite

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Resolution or improvement in screened chronic condition
  • Improved communication with primary care doctor
  • Improved patient satisfaction
  • Improved physician satisfaction

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Favorable clinician assessment of the impact of the screening intervention on the efficiency and quality of care they deliver

Estimated Enrollment: 750
Study Start Date: September 2004
Study Completion Date: December 2007
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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Primary care patients aged 18 and older, of participating physicians within 5 internal medicine practices in Boston
  • Registered users of patient-provider internet portal called PatientSite
  • Screened positive for depression, chronic pain, or lower extremity mobility difficulty

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current treatment for screened condition by medical or surgical specialist or other appropriate licensed health professional such as a physical therapist or mental health counselor
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00130416

Locations
United States, Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
Sponsors and Collaborators
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Lisa I Iezzoni, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
Website for patient-doctor internet portal  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site
website for Health e-Technologies Initiative, a national program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00130416     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 51757
Study First Received: August 12, 2005
Last Updated: July 3, 2008
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
behavior
randomized trial
communication
patient
internet
coaching
self-efficacy
nurse
 primary care
physician
screening
survey
pain
mobility
disability
depression

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Chronic Disease
Depression
Depressive Disorder
Disease Attributes
 Pathologic Processes
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2013