DECIDE WP3: Disseminating evidence based guidelines to public and patients
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN10086308 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN10086308 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 07/04/2015
- Registration date
- 23/05/2015
- Last edited
- 12/08/2020
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Other
Plain English summary of protocol
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
Contact information
Scientific
15, Atkinson Road
Subiaco
6008
Australia
 ORCID ID |
0000-0001-6577-3109 |
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Study information
| Study design | A randomised controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | |
| Study setting(s) | Not specified |
| Study type | Not Specified |
| Scientific title | DECIDE WP3: Disseminating evidence based guidelines to public and patients: a randomised controlled trial in citizens' health portal |
| Study objectives | 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 |
| Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | 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 |
| Completion date | 31/08/2015 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | All |
|---|---|
| Age group | All |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 500 |
| Key inclusion criteria | Users of the citizens' health portal Terveyskirjasto, mostly public and patients, potentially also health professionals |
| Key exclusion criteria | None |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/05/2015 |
| Date of final enrolment | 31/08/2015 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Finland
Study participating centre
Helsinki
00100
Finland
Sponsor information
Industry
Kaivokatu 10 A
Helsinki
00100
Finland
| Phone | +358 9 618851 |
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| liisa.snicker@duodecim.fi | |
| Website | www.duodecim.fi |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/056xr2125 |
Funders
Funder type
Industry
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | Yes |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Available on request |
| 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. |
| IPD sharing plan |
Editorial Notes
12/08/2020: No publications found.
