Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
A lot of effort is put on the production of clinical guidelines, however the challenge is with putting them into practice. They are generally developed with health professionals in mind, but patients also need good quality sources of evidence to help them make decisions about their healthcare. It is challenging to write patient versions of guidelines that patients can engage with when making healthcare decisions. The EU funded project DECIDE has developed guidelines in presentation formats designed for the public. Here, we want to test these formats in the citizens' health portal Terveyskirjasto, which is produced by the publishing house of Duodecim, the Finnish Society of Physicians'. The objective of this trial is to compare the DECIDE patient versions to the traditional patient versions of guidelines used in the citizens’ portal.
Who can participate?
Users of the Terveyskirjasto health portal.
What does the study involve?
Participants are randomly allocated into one of two groups. Those in group 1 are given access to the portals current patient guidelines. Those in group 2 are given access to the guidelines developed by DECIDE. All participants in the study record their experience by filling in a short survey.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Not provided at time of registration.
Where is the study run from?
Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd. (Kustannus Oy Duodecim) (Finland)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
May 2015 to August 2015
Who is funding the study?
Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd. (Kustannus Oy Duodecim) (Finland)
Who is the main contact?
Professor Helena Liira
Study website
Contact information
Type
Scientific
Contact name
Prof Helena Liira
ORCID ID
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6577-3109
Contact details
15
Atkinson Road
Subiaco
6008
Australia
Additional identifiers
EudraCT/CTIS number
IRAS number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
DECIDE WP3: Disseminating evidence based guidelines to public and patients: a randomised controlled trial in citizens' health portal
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Patients and public may be willing to make more evidence based decisions concerning health if they are provided with evidence based health information.
Ethics approval(s)
Helsinki University Central Hospital Coordinating Ethics Committee, ref: 209/13/03/00/2011
Study design
A randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Study setting(s)
Not specified
Study type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Patient version of guidelines on various conditions and focusing on self-management of diseases in Finnish citizens' health portal Terveyskirjasto
Intervention
Users of the Terveyskirjasto health portal are randomised either to current patient versions or ones developed within DECIDE EU-project and with an explicit evidence summary
Intervention type
Behavioural
Primary outcome measure
Compliance with guidelines
Secondary outcome measures
1. Understanding of the clinical issue
2. Usefulness of the patient version
Overall study start date
01/05/2015
Overall study end date
31/08/2015
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Users of the citizens' health portal Terveyskirjasto, mostly public and patients, potentially also health professionals
Participant type(s)
All
Age group
All
Sex
Both
Target number of participants
500
Participant exclusion criteria
None
Recruitment start date
01/05/2015
Recruitment end date
31/08/2015
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Study participating centre
Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd. (Kustannus Oy Duodecim)
Kaivokatu 10 A
Helsinki
00100
Finland
Sponsor information
Organisation
Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd. (Kustannus Oy Duodecim)
Sponsor details
Kaivokatu 10 A
Helsinki
00100
Finland
+358 9 618851
liisa.snicker@duodecim.fi
Sponsor type
Industry
Website
ROR
Funders
Funder type
Industry
Funder name
Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd. (Kustannus Oy Duodecim)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
This randomised controlled trial will be published as a scientific paper in a journal related to either implementation science or patient information. The results will also be disseminated by DECIDE, the research consortium and EU project to which this study belongs to. The paper will be drafted by the end of 2015 and published hopefully during 2016.
Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) sharing plan
IPD sharing plan summary
Available on request
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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