Effects of a Personalized Web-Based Antenatal Care Planner - Full Text View

Purpose

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

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Pregnancy	Behavioral: personalized web-based prenatal information	Phase 3

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training
Official Title:	Women's Web Access to Their Own Antenatal Health Record and Personalized Health Information: Effect on Pregnancy Health Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Prenatal Care

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by McMaster University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Uptake of service
Patient satisfaction

Estimated Enrollment:	210
Study Start Date:	February 2004
Study Completion Date:	September 2006

Detailed 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

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 45 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

less than 28 weeks pregnant access to Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

cannot speak/read English and no translator

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00182325

Locations

Canada, Ontario
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5

Sponsors and Collaborators

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Heather Waters, MD

McMaster University

More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00182325 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	RDF-160
Study First Received:	September 13, 2005
Last Updated:	April 18, 2007
Health Authority:	Canada: Health Canada

Keywords provided by McMaster University:

medical record
pregnancy
Internet

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013