Effects of the Use of Multi Criterion Decision Analysis (MCDA) on Decision Quality in an Online Delphi

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Behavioral Changes
• Interventions: Behavioral: MCDA; Behavioral: Delphi

• Registration Number: NCT03498365
• Lead Sponsor: ThinkWell

Brief Summary

To examine the effects of using decision support tools during the online Delphi process.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this exploratory work is to develop improved methods for building a protocol for a participatory randomized controlled trial. An online Delphi will be combined with an embedded trial testing the effectiveness of a decision support tool. This method provides for consensus building and collaborative problem-solving which is informed, and participatory. The online Delphi offers involvement and confidentiality thus sidestepping the complications of power imbalances and undue influence as respondents contribute anonymously.

The embedded trial was considered after the building of a database of existing online trials and conducting a descriptive analysis" Creating a database of Internet-based clinical trials to support a public-led research programme: A descriptive analysis, followed by the completion of a systematic overview of systematic overviews, "Patient and Public Involvement in Clinical Trials Design: An Overview of Systematic Reviews" and followed this with an analysis of "Self-Management Open Online Trials in Health"(In review). The results included a lack of standardization, insufficient guidance for implementation and significant research reporting weaknesses. Decision-making support tools may improve decision quality.

This embedded trial will be implemented in an online Delphi to come to the consensus about what declarations and methods to include when building a participatory online trials protocol.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-07
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-13
• Study Start: 2019-03-15
• Primary Completion: 2019-05-30
• Study Completion: 2019-10-31
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 385

Inclusion Criteria

Protocol lab online trialsl Delphi (PLOT-D) Participant

Exclusion Criteria

• None if meets inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Online MCDA	MCDA	-
Online Delphi	Delphi	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
My Decision Quality (MDQ)	Up to 20 weeks or study completion	MDQ is a patient reported outcome measure that combines a set of importance weights for multiple criteria (options, effect, importance, chance, trust, support ,control and commitment) with performance ratings for each option on these criteria and calculates the overall score as the expected value of these components.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Oxford; 🇬🇧 Oxford, United Kingdom