A tale of two studies: the importance of setting, subjects and context in two randomized, controlled trials of a web-based decision support for perimenopausal and postmenopausal health decisions
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Authors
Saver, Barry G.Gustafson, David
Taylor, Thomas R.
Hawkins, Robert P.
Woods, Nancy F.
Dinauer, Susan
Casey, Susan
MacLaren-Loranger, Aileen
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthMeyers Primary Care Institute
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2007-05-01Keywords
AgedComputer-Assisted Instruction
Conflict (Psychology)
*Decision Support Techniques
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Internet
Middle Aged
Pamphlets
Patient Education as Topic
*Patient Satisfaction
Perimenopause
Postmenopause
Questionnaires
Risk Assessment
Teaching Materials
Uncertainty
United States
Women
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Health Services Research
Primary Care
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OBJECTIVE: Knowledge relevant to women's peri- and postmenopausal health decisions has been evolving rapidly. Web-based decision supports can be rapidly updated and have the potential to improve the quality of patients' decisions. We developed and tested a web-based decision support for peri- and postmenopausal health decisionmaking. METHODS: We recruited 409 women aged 45-75 for one randomized, controlled trial and 54 women with an upcoming clinic appointment for a subsequent trial. Women were randomized to use the web-based decision support versus a printed brochure (first trial) and usual care (second trial). Outcomes were changes in decisional satisfaction, decisional conflict, and knowledge, both within each trial and compared across the trials. RESULTS: Intervention subjects had greater increases in decisional satisfaction in the second trial and knowledge in both trials. A high dropout rate among women randomized to the website in the first trial effectively negated benefits in that trial, but not in the second. CONCLUSIONS: The utility of this web-based decision support in two trials depended on a number of factors that appear related to the urgency of making a decision. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Decision aids should be targeted to patients actively trying to make a decision.Source
Patient Educ Couns. 2007 May;66(2):211-22. Epub 2007 Feb 20. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1016/j.pec.2006.12.004Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/37172PubMed ID
17317080Related Resources
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10.1016/j.pec.2006.12.004