Tailored Internet Information Supply for Patients - Part 2

Health & Life Sciences University, Tryol

Status: Completed

Conditions: Headaches

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00921453

GWDiss3000490-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Medical expert systems in combination with portal searching meta-search engines are exploited to provide reliable patient-tailored information. A prototype of a web-based information system has been developed and is to be evaluated. Its aim is to answer the decisive question whether expert system guided internet meta-search provides a better information supply for patients seeking health information online then this is possible by using ordinary search engines or health portals. The research does neither investigate the influence of ethical nor legal aspects of internet health information supply.

Full description

The study is a follow-up of NCT00746408. It has been conducted because for the first study still not enough participants have been recruited. The study took part at Bamberg University in Germany with 140 participants.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• can use a computer
• can surf the internet

Exclusion criteria

• is a medical expert

Trial design

140 participants in 4 patient groups

Intervention 1

Description:

Participants using the prototype to receive expert system guided tailored internet information about the type of headache of a family member who provided anamnesis data for a common kind of headache.

Control 1

Description:

Participants using search engines and portals to gather internet information about the type of headache of a family member who provided anamnesis data for a common kind of headache.

Intervention 2

Description:

Participants using the prototype to receive expert system guided tailored internet information about the type of headache of a family member who provided anamnesis data for a less common kind of headache.

Control 2

Description:

Participants using search engines and portals to gather internet information about the type of headache of a family member who provided anamnesis data for a less common kind of headache.