Efficacy of Patient Centred Information for Vascular Disease

Mid Western Regional Hospital, Ireland

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Vascular Disease

Treatments: Other: Verbal and electronic information; Other: Verbal and written information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01804972

INFO2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to determine the usefulness of providing patients with web-based electronically accessed patient information when compared to the provision of written information leaflets.

Full description

Hospitals and health care institutions attempt to provide information to patients through a variety of media including; written information, web-site based information and more recently through the use of smart phone based applications. Such educational campaigns have financial implications for hospitals and institutions.

The level of knowledge among patients with vascular disease of their pathology and its associated risk factors has been shown to be poor (Lovell et al 2009, Hirsch et al 2007). The optimum tool with which to provide information to patients with vascular disease has not been determined to date.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Newly diagnosed abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral vascular disease or varicose veins
• Capacity to and willingness to consent to participation in the study
• Adult patients
• In-patient or out-patient status

Exclusion criteria

• Previously diagnosed with vascular disease
• Limited capacity or unwilling to consent
• Information already provided by hospital doctor
• Cognitive/intellectual impairment/acquired brain injury/visual impairment
• Qualified medical professionals

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Verbal and written infomation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Verbal and written information:Patients will receive both verbal information and written patient information leaflets

Treatment:

Other: Verbal and written information

Verbal and electronic information

Experimental group

Description:

Patient will receive both verbal information and a web address to access patient information electronically

Treatment:

Other: Verbal and electronic information