Tailored Internet Information Supply for Patients

• Conditions: Headache
• Interventions: Other: Expert system guided tailored information

• Registration Number: NCT00746408
• Lead Sponsor: Health & Life Sciences University, Tryol

Brief Summary

Medical expert systems in combination with portal searching meta-search engines are exploited to provide reliable patient-tailored information. A prototype of a web-based information system has been developed and is to be evaluated. Its aim is to answer the decisive question whether expert system guided internet meta-search provides a better information supply for patients seeking health information online then this is possible by using ordinary search engines or health portals. The research does neither investigate the influence of ethical nor legal aspects of internet health information supply.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2008-09-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-09-03
• Study First Posted: 2008-09-04
• Study Start: 2009-01
• Status Verified: 2009-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-06-15
• Last Update Posted: 2009-06-16
• Primary Completion: 2009-09
• Study Completion: 2009-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 18 and 75
• Suffers at least occasionally from headaches
• Has internet access
• Has not obtained a medical diagnosis (concerning this headache) by a physician, yet

Exclusion Criteria

• Age under 18
• Age over 75
• Does never suffer from headaches
• Has no internet access
• Has already gotten a medical diagnosis for her/his headaches

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Main 1	Expert system guided tailored information	Insurants of the health insurance company BARMER using the prototype to receive expert system guided tailored internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.
Online 1	Expert system guided tailored information	Internet users using the prototype to receive expert system guided tailored internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Conformity of self-diagnosis and medical diagnosis	After medical diagnoses has been received

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Health & Life Sciences University (UMIT); 🇦🇹 Hall in Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria