Effects of the Use of Multi Criterion Decision Analysis (MCDA) on Decision Quality in an Online Delphi

Study Overview
=================
Brief Summary
-----------------
To examine the effects of using decision support tools during the online Delphi process.

Detailed Description
-----------------
The purpose of this exploratory work is to develop improved methods for building a protocol for a participatory randomized controlled trial. An online Delphi will be combined with an embedded trial testing the effectiveness of a decision support tool. This method provides for consensus building and collaborative problem-solving which is informed, and participatory. The online Delphi offers involvement and confidentiality thus sidestepping the complications of power imbalances and undue influence as respondents contribute anonymously. The embedded trial was considered after the building of a database of existing online trials and conducting a descriptive analysis Creating a database of Internet-based clinical trials to support a public-led research programme: A descriptive analysis, followed by the completion of a systematic overview of systematic overviews, Patient and Public Involvement in Clinical Trials Design: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and followed this with an analysis of Self-Management Open Online Trials in Health(In review). The results included a lack of standardization, insufficient guidance for implementation and significant research reporting weaknesses. Decision-making support tools may improve decision quality. This embedded trial will be implemented in an online Delphi to come to the consensus about what declarations and methods to include when building a participatory online trials protocol.

Official Title
-----------------
Effects of the Use of Multi Criterion Decision Analysis (MCDA) on Decision Quality in an Online Delphi

Conditions
-----------------
Behavioral Changes

Intervention / Treatment
-----------------
* Behavioral: MCDA
* Behavioral: Delphi


Participation Criteria
=================
Eligibility Criteria
-----------------
Inclusion Criteria: Protocol lab online trialsl Delphi (PLOT-D) Participant Exclusion Criteria: None if meets inclusion criteria

Ages Eligible for Study
-----------------
Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
-----------------
All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
-----------------
Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
=================
How is the study designed?
-----------------

Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Online MCDA<br> | Behavioral: MCDA<br>* Experimental decision support<br>|
| Active Comparator: Online Delphi<br> | Behavioral: Delphi<br>* Standard support<br>|

What is the study measuring?
-----------------
Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| My Decision Quality (MDQ) | MDQ is a patient reported outcome measure that combines a set of importance weights for multiple criteria (options, effect, importance, chance, trust, support ,control and commitment) with performance ratings for each option on these criteria and calculates the overall score as the expected value of these components. | Up to 20 weeks or study completion | 

 Terms related to the study
=================
Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
-----------------
decision analysis, decision support