Web-based Education on Oral Cancer for Primary Care Physicians in Ohio
- Conditions
- Oral Cancer
- Interventions
- Other: Web-based Educational Intervention
- Registration Number
- NCT01424358
- Lead Sponsor
- Creighton University
- Brief Summary
Objective:
The experimental design is a one-site, randomized experimental web-based educational feasibility intervention trial, with approximately 50% primary care physicians (PCPs) in the intervention group and approximately 50% PCPs on the control group, giving a total of 159 participants. All 159 participants have willingly provided their e-mail addresses, as part of a survey they previously completed entitled, "Survey of Health Professionals on Oral Cancer in Ohio- Intervention to Prevent Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Cancer."
- Detailed Description
The main specific aim is to determine the short-term effectiveness of a web-based educational intervention for primary care physicians (PCPs) in Ohio to improve the following:Index of knowledge of risk factors for oral cancer, and Index of knowledge of diagnostic procedures for oral cancer
The following hypothesis will be explored: The use of a web-based educational module for PCPs in Ohio regarding oral cancer will increase the proportion of the PCPs in the high score category for the following indices: Index of knowledge of risk factors of oral cancer, and Index of knowledge of diagnostic procedures for oral cancer
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
- The PCP's who participated in Specific Aim #2 (Survey of Healthcare Professionals on Oral Cancer in Ohio ) of the NIH K23 grant proposal, "Intervention to Prevent Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Cancer", will be eligible to participate in this Web-Based Education on Oral Cancer.
- Possessing the ability to give voluntary consent to participate. Participating in the web-based educational intervention is am implication of consent.
- All participants are expected to be relatively healthy.
• Unable to have access to the internet to be able to participate in the web-based education.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Web-based Educational Web-based Educational Intervention -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Index of knowledge of diagnostic procedure for oral cancer An average of 8 months from the time of the initial email sent on 7/21/11. The list of participants will be sent an initial email inviting them to view the module and complete a pre test (control group) or a post test (intervention group). Reminder emails will be sent every 2 months for up to 6 months following the initial email. It is expected that at least a 15% higher proportion of Intervention group PCPs will attain the high score category for each of this index, as compared to the Control group PCPs.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine if a change in Stage of Diagnosis of Oral Cancer occurred for the particular year of Web-based Educational Intervention. 3 years Three years post-web-based education intervention data will be requested from Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System (OCISS). OCISS's cleaning and processing of the data takes approximately three years. Comparison using Chi-square will be carried out pre- and post- intervention years.
Index of knowledge of risk factors for oral cancer. An average of 8 months from the time of the initial email sent on 7/21/11. The list of participants will be sent an initial email inviting them to view the module and complete a pre test (control group) or a post test (intervention group). Reminder emails will be sent every 2 months for up to 6 months following the initial email. It is expected that at least a 15% higher proportion of Intervention group PCP's will attain the high score category for this index, as compared to the Control group PCP's.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Creighton University School of Dentistry
🇺🇸Omaha, Nebraska, United States