Developing and Validating Digital Affective Patient Experience/Outcome Measure

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aim of the research project is to develop and validate a new digital measure of affective patient experience in maternal care. In this validating study extensive collection of affective ratings of 195 emotion words is collected. Pregnant women at different gestational stages are asked to provide affective ratings of 195 emotion words in relation to the dimensions: pleasure, arousal, dominance. Based on these ratings population averages and properties of emotion words will be calculated. The measure will be developed in respect to the analysis of affective rating and supplementing data.

Detailed Description
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As there is an increasing demand for and interest in measures that take patient's emotions into account, this research project aims to develop and validate a new digital measure of affective patient-reported experience/outcome in maternal care. In this validating study extensive collection of affective ratings of 195 emotion words will be collected. Pregnant women (N=1000) at different gestational stages are asked to provide affective ratings of 195 emotion words in relation to the dimensions: pleasure, arousal, dominance. This is done by using a visual Likert scale (Self-Assessment Manikin). The pregnant women participating in the research are also asked to answer to various questionnaires to identify patterns of personality, behavior and the state of health and well-being. Based on the affective ratings population averages and properties of emotion words will be calculated. The measure will be developed in respect to the analysis of affective ratings and supplementing data. The research provides insights on how affective ratings could be connected to clinical indicators and patient experience.

Official Title
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Developing and Validating Digital Affective Patient Experience/Outcome Measure

Conditions
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Affective; Reaction, Pregnancy Related, Validation Studies

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: ongoing pregnancy attending maternal care in the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa fluent in Finnish access to mobile communication device Exclusion Criteria: none
Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| ETvalid<br>Pregnant women attending maternal care services and having access to computational device | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| three-dimensional affective ratings | affective rating of 195 emotion words in relation to pleasure, arousal, dominance (Lang 1980) | 9 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| anxiety | Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) (Spitzer et al. 2006). Scale is from 0 to 21. Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively. | 9 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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emotions, pregnancy, patient experience, maternal care