Designing Multimedia Patient Education for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (PEMAIS)

University College Dublin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Engagement; Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Treatments: Other: Evidence-informed video format; Other: Traditional video format

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06090344

LS-23-15-VanOirschot-Doherty

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this triple-masked three-armed feasibility randomised controlled trial is to compare patient education materials for participants with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The main question it aims to answer are:

• Are educational videos superior to usual care?
• Are educational videos formatted in line with literature advice on multimedia design superior to videos formatted as traditionally found on scoliosis advisory websites Participants in the video groups will be asked to do view six educational videos and respond to a quiz. Researchers will compare the informed video group and traditional video group to usual care to see if there are differences in engagement, quality of life, physical activity and health-related anxiety.

Full description

Multimedia patient education materials are increasingly used in healthcare. This triple-masked three-armed feasibility randomised controlled trial will examine participants aged 10-18 with radiographically confirmed adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and their response to usual care or to receive multimedia educational videos with or without evidence-informed design principles. Primary outcomes will be patient knowledge measured by online quiz and engagement measured by YouTube analytics. Participants will be masked in the two video intervention arms, as will the therapist sending the educational videos. The results will outline the number of participants recruited and randomised, the number analysed post-intervention and at week eight, and the outcomes for baseline, post-intervention and week 8, which will include the effect size and level of precision. Adverse events will also be reported.

This feasibility randomised controlled trial will offer insight into the effectiveness of implementing advice from the literature in designing multimedia patient education materials for a population with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 10-18 years
• parent/guardian consent for those under 18 years of age
• adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) as confirmed by Cobb angle ≥10deg on plain film radiographs
• able to watch and listen to online educational materials as well as read and complete online surveys

Exclusion criteria

• scoliosis due to non-AIS conditions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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46 participants in 3 patient groups

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care from healthcare providers

Traditional video format

Experimental group

Description:

Multimedia videos formatted as traditionally found online

Treatment:

Other: Traditional video format

Evidence-informed video format

Experimental group

Description:

Multimedia videos formatted as per evidence advice

Treatment:

Other: Evidence-informed video format