The Association of Cognitive Distortions and NCDs Among Users of Medical Internet Resources

Currently, medical Internet resources are popular among the population of most countries, including Russia. So its can be used as a platform for mass measures of prevention.

Now we can receive a lot of information about socio-demographic characteristics, risk factors and the presence of chronic non-infectious diseases among users of medical Internet resources. And these knowledges are necessary to create effective online interventions for prevention of the most common diseases.

We have enough resources to identify and control risk factors for chronic non-infectious diseases. But adherence to doctor's recommendations remains at a low level. Working with cognitive biases is one of the points of application for increasing adherence to treatment and the rules of a healthy lifestyle.

Certain groups of patients have special cognitive biases. We assume that creation a typical portrait of a patient can reveal relationships and factors the variant of cognitive biases. This information may help to more effectively carry out preventive work with users of medical Internet resources, forming the correct patterns of perception and thereby improving adherence to the doctor's recommendations.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cognitive Biases; Non-infecious Chronic Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire CMQ

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 863

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Russian Federation
  • Sevastopol', Russian Federation
    • Limited Liability Company "Docstarclub"

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

User of medical Internet resources

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• User of medical Internet resources older 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Users of medical internet resources; This group includes people older 18 years who are looking for medical information at the Internet-resources	Other: Questionnaire CMQ; The questionnaire is used to diagnose cognitive distortions. It includes 50 items to identify 10 the most common cognitive biases.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The questionnaire "Cognitive Mistakes Questionnaire"	The questionnaire consist of 10 blocks on various types of cognitive distortions. Each block includes 5 questions. The maximum score of scale is 5 point, the minimum score of scale is 0 points. The maximum score means the severity of certain cognitive distortion	from 1 February to 1 March 2022

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Limited Liability Company "Docstarclub"
• Investigators: Study Director: Margarita Bezzubtseva, Limited Liability Company "Docstarclub"

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 14, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 14, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 22, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 23, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 22, 2022
• Last Verified: December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Chronic Disease
• Other Study ID Numbers: DSC001

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No