Clinical trial NCT00182325: Effects of a Personalized Web-based Antenatal Care Planner
Official title: Women's Web Access to Their Own Antenatal Health Record and Personalized Health Information: Effect on Pregnancy Health Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pregnancy
Keywords: medical record
pregnancy
Internet
Lead sponsor: McMaster University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: McMaster University
First posted: 2005-09-16
Enrollment: 193
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: 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

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 criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* less than 28 weeks pregnant access to Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

* cannot speak/read English and no translator

Primary outcomes:
measure: Uptake of Service
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Easy to Log on
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Information Easy to Understand
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Learned Something New
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Easy to Find Information
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Helped me Stay Healthy
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Helped me Learn About Risks
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Helped me Understand Tests
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Helped me Make Decisions
timeFrame: 11 months
measure: Helped me Remember Appointments
timeFrame: 11 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hamilton
country: Canada
facility: McMaster University
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: McMaster University
name: Heather Waters, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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