The benefits of an education website for patients undergoing parathyroid surgery

ISRCTN	ISRCTN22832626
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN22832626
Protocol serial number	na
Sponsor	Cork University Hospital / University College Cork (Ireland)
Funder	Cork University Hospital / University College Cork (Ireland) - Investigator led and funded

Submission date: 10/04/2010
Registration date: 15/04/2010
Last edited: 15/04/2010

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Surgery

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Paul Redmond
Scientific

Department of Surgery
Cork University Hospital
Wilton
Cork
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Ireland

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Prospective double blind randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	The benefits of an interactive, individualized online patient pathway for patients undergoing minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy (MIRP). A prospective, double-blinded, randomized clinical trial
Study objectives	The provision of an online, interactive patient pathway would offer an appropriate means of delivering patient information that would be viewed positively by patients.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics Committee of University College Cork (Ireland) approved on the 19th Feb 2007 (ref: ECM 4 (q) 06/03/07)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Patient education prior to surgery
Intervention	Web based access to information about their hospital process prior to undergoing MIRP.
Intervention type	Procedure/Surgery
Primary outcome measure(s)	Anxiety levels 24 hours pre-operatively: Anxiety was measured the evening before surgery using the anxiety portion of the externally validated Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Postoperative pain was scored using a visual analogue pain score and analgesia requirements were assessed according to the World Health Organization (WHO) analgesia ladder 24 hours following surgery. 2. Postoperative assessments of satisfaction with capacity to consent and perception of website utility were measured.
Completion date	31/12/2008

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	64
Key inclusion criteria	1. All patients undergoing elective MIRP 2. Age over 18 3. Full capacity to consent to both the study and the operation
Key exclusion criteria	1. Cognitive or visual impairment 2. Lack of access to internet facilities
Date of first enrolment	19/02/2007
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2008

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Ireland

Study participating centre

Department of Surgery

Cork
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Ireland

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes