The Virtual BETTER Study
- Conditions
- Delivery Modality of BETTER Intervention
- Interventions
- Other: Phone Prevention Practitioner VisitOther: Video-Call Prevention Practitioner VisitOther: In-Person Prevention Practitioner Visit
- Registration Number
- NCT05425797
- Lead Sponsor
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Brief Summary
The focus of this project is to examine how delivering virtual care impacts health behaviour change for patients with chronic illnesses compared to in-person visits using a chronic disease prevention and screening (CDPS) program called BETTER (Building on Existing Tools To ImprovE Chronic Disease PRevention and Screening in Primary Care).
- Detailed Description
While the current pandemic has launched a likely irreversible transition towards increased utilization of virtual methods for delivery of healthcare, we have only a very superficial understanding of how this shift will affect health outcomes and equity of access to health services. Several randomized trials comparing virtual to in-person delivery of health services have been completed, but none have examined the effect of interventions to address health behaviours, arguably one of the most challenging issues in healthcare and one that is most sensitive to the therapeutic relationship and modifiers to that relationship such as the mode of communication. The focus of this project is to examine how delivering virtual care impacts health behaviour change for patients with chronic illnesses compared to in-person visits using a chronic disease prevention and screening (CDPS) program called BETTER (Building on Existing Tools To ImprovE Chronic Disease PRevention and Screening in Primary Care).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 92
- Persons aged 40-70
- Persons who are already booking a BETTER prevention visit.
- Persons with the presence of a terminal illness
- Persons in active treatment (i.e., systemic and/or radiation therapy) for cancer.
- Persons who are unable to provide informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Phone Phone Prevention Practitioner Visit Prevention Practitioner visit that will take place through phone call Video Video-Call Prevention Practitioner Visit Prevention Practitioner visit that will take place through video call In-Person In-Person Prevention Practitioner Visit Standard Prevention Practitioner visit that will take place in-person
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Readiness to Change (University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale: URICA) Post-Visit (less than 1 week after visit) To compare readiness to implement lifestyle change after telephone, video, and in-person BETTER Prevention visits.
Min Score: 4 Max Score: 20
Higher scores indicate a higher readiness to change (better outcome)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Acceptability Enrollment (Pre-visit) To assess acceptability of the three different delivery modalities.
Assessed through enrollment questionnaire which will ask which delivery method they agree to. (Not scored on scale)Accessibility Enrollment (Pre-visit) To assess accessibility of the three different delivery modalities.
Assessed through enrollment questionnaire which will ask why they chose which delivery method they did. (Not scored on scale)Satisfaction of Modalities (Client Satisfaction Questionnaire: CSQ-4) Post-Visit (less than 1 week after visit) To assess satisfaction with the three different delivery modalities.
Min Score: 4 Max Score: 16
Higher scores indicate higher satisfaction (better outcome)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Health Sciences Centre
🇨🇦Saint John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada