Educational Eczema Video Intervention

Boston Children's Hospital

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Eczema

Treatments: Behavioral: at home video intervention; Behavioral: in-clinic video intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03664271

P00029896

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objectives of this study are to increase families' understanding of eczema and improve eczema management in the primary care setting. The investigators plan to create an educational video for families providing general information about eczema as well as instructions about good skincare management and common treatments. The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial of the plan in the primary care clinic at Boston Children's Hospital. Specifically, the investigators aim to (1) decrease eczema severity (2) improve patient and family quality of life (QOL) and (3) increase parental knowledge about eczema and eczema management.

Enrollment: 168 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:Eligibility criteria include the following:

• accompanying adult speaks English
• patient has a history of eczema
• patient is between the ages of 1 month and 16 years
• accompanying adult is a primary caregiver
• child is not in foster care
• accompanying adult is 18 years old or older.

Exclusion Criteria:

• accompanying adult does not speak English
• accompanying adult is not the primary caregiver
• accompanying adult is not 18 years old or older
• patient is in foster care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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168 participants in 3 patient groups

in-clinic video intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention: Caregivers will watch an educational video in clinic, and also be given information about how to access the video from home (ideal condition). The intervention video will contain educational information about eczema, as well as routine skincare and common treatments.

Treatment:

Behavioral: in-clinic video intervention

at home video intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intervention: Caregivers will be given information about how to watch the video at home, but will not watch it in clinic (real-world condition).The intervention video will contain educational information about eczema, as well as routine skincare and common treatments.

Treatment:

Behavioral: at home video intervention

usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Control: Caregivers will not watch the educational video, but will be given access to it at the conclusion of the study.