Characteristics of Women Enrolled in a Patient Portal Intervention for Menopause

Avi H Lamba, Kiranmayee Muralidhar, Anika Jain, Fei Tang, Orlando Gomez-Marin, Silvina Levis, Stuti Dang, Avi H Lamba, Kiranmayee Muralidhar, Anika Jain, Fei Tang, Orlando Gomez-Marin, Silvina Levis, Stuti Dang

Abstract

Background: We developed a 6-month educational intervention addressing menopause and management of menopausal symptoms called "My HealtheVet to Enable And Negotiate for Shared decision-making" or MEANS. MEANS is offered through secure messaging via the My HealtheVet patient portal system. Materials and Methods: Women veterans aged 45-60 years registered at the Miami, West Palm Beach, and Orlando Veterans Affairs Healthcare Systems (VAHS). Intervention group: women in the Miami VAHS enrolled in My HealtheVet who were sent an invitation, agreed to participate, and completed the baseline survey. Comparison group: women from the Miami, West Palm Beach, and Orlando VAHS who responded to the baseline survey. Results: The intervention group enrolled 269 women at Miami VAHS: average age 53.2 years; 42.4% white, 43.1% black, and 24.2% Hispanic; 95.9% already used My Healthe Vet. The Comparison group had 590 women: average age 53.8 years; 70.8% white, 20.7% black, and 10.2% Hispanic; 57.6% already used My Healthe Vet. Conclusions: The differences between the intervention and comparison groups likely represent the regional demographic variations and the disparate recruitment techniques adopted for the two groups. Using within- and between-group comparisons at the end of the 6-month intervention, this novel project will evaluate the feasibility of a patient portal intervention on knowledge and shared decision-making regarding menopause among racially and ethnically diverse women. The study highlights the scalable and enormous potential for patient portals in nonurgent chronic disease management and shared decision-making, important in the existing health care climate, wherein "meaningful use" of electronic health records is mandated. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical care has abruptly changed to telehealth and this approach to patient education is more relevant now than ever before. This quality improvement project's registration number is ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03109145.

Keywords: menopausal symptoms; menopause; patient portal; shared decision-making.

Conflict of interest statement

No competing financial interests exist.

© Avi Lamba et al., 2020; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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Menopause intervention delivered via My HealtheVet.
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Enrollment in the MEANS project by site. MEANS, My HealtheVet to Enable And Negotiate for Shared decision-making.

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