Development of a Web-Based Interactive Patient Decision Aid for the Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain and Depression

June 23, 2008 updated by: University Hospital Freiburg

Shared decision making (SDM) has been advocated as an appropriate approach for physician patient communication. Positive effects of SDM are e.g higher patient satisfaction, greater treatment adherence, lower decisional conflict and better clinical outcomes. The Section of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research at the University Medical Center in Freiburg (Germany) is developing and evaluating a web-based interactive decision aid ("patient dialogue") to support shared decision making in cooperation with the Techniker Krankenkasse, a large German health insurance company. Both development and evaluation are conducted along the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS).

The decision aid contains information on acute low back pain and depression and addresses insurance members who are facing a treatment decision in one of the indications. It aims at the development of patient competencies for participating in decision making, the support of constructive health behavior and patients' acceptance of evidence based treatment options.

In an RCT the decision aid will be compared to a regular patient information on a sample of N=500 patients in each group. Data collection will take place at three points of time: before and after use of the decision aid as well as 3 months later.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

741

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • Germany
      • Freiburg, Germany, 79104
        • University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • insurance members with acute low back pain or depression

Exclusion Criteria:

  • insurance members without symptoms, with chronic back pain, with a bipolar disorder, relatives of people with symptoms

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: A
Interactive decision aid
Other: patient dialogue
Information on shared decision making, how to participate in medical decision making, information on acute low back pain, information on depression
Active Comparator: B
Regular patient information
Other: patient information
Information on acute low back pain, information on depression

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Decisional conflict
Time Frame: After using the decision aid
After using the decision aid

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Knowledge, Preparation for decision making, Preference for participation, Involvement in decision making, Decision regret, Treatment adherence
Time Frame: After using the decision aid and 3 months later respectively
After using the decision aid and 3 months later respectively

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University Hospital Freiburg

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Martin Haerter, MD, PhD, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 5, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

September 6, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 24, 2008

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 23, 2008

Last Verified

June 1, 2008

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • TK-2005-0111

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