EXPERT: EXPerience of a health website Evaluated in a Research Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking cessation, management of chronic asthma, caring for a person with multiple sclerosis; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN29549695
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 28 November 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

Smokers:
1. People who are current smokers, who have been smokers for at least a year, and who indicate some willingness to quit, including those referred to smoking cessation services
2. Male or female aged 18 or over
3. Willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
4. Live in England
5. Have access to the internet and able to use websites

People with asthma:
1. People who have been clinically diagnosed with asthma as coded in their primary care electronic record, and who have been prescribed inhaled corticosteroids for at least 3 months in the previous year
2. Male or female aged 18 or over
3. Willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
4. Live in England
5. Have access to the internet and able to use websites

Carers of people with multiple sclerosis:
1. People who identify themselves as a caregiver for another person who has a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
2. Male or female aged 18 or over
3. Willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
4. Live in England
5. Have access to the internet and able to use websites

Exclusion Criteria

Smokers:
1. People who are terminally ill
2. People who cannot understand English
3. People who have previously entered the study
4. People who have another significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the GP, may either put that person at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or affect that person's ability to participate in the study

People with asthma:
1. People who are terminally ill
2. People who cannot understand English
3. People who have previously entered the study
4. People who have another significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the GP, may either put that person at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or affect that person's ability to participate in the study

Carers of people with multiple sclerosis:
1. People who are terminally ill
2. People who cannot understand English
3. People who have previously entered the study
4. People who have a significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, may either put that person at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or affect that person's ability to participate in the study
5. People whose only caring role is in a professional (paid) capacity

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate the feasibility issues in an online randomised study providing health information websites containing patient experience information compared with matched health information websites that do not contain experiential information.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. To assess the efficacy of two types of online health information (patient experience accounts compared with matched health information websites that do not contain experiential information) on a range of self-reported outcomes<br>2. To explore whether the interventions have differential effects on pre-specified subgroups of participants<br>3. To measure the impact of the intervention and comparator websites using the eHealth Impact Questionnaire (eHIQ)