MyHealtheVet to Enable Shared Decision Making Regarding Menopausal and Associated Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women Veterans
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 859
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Feasibility of patient portal use for educating and tracking women regarding menopause and menopause related symptoms.
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this research study is to examine the impact of educational secure messages on menopause. In particular, the investigators will examine whether the secure messages increase menopause knowledge and communication between patients and their providers.
详细描述
The overall goal of this project is to determine the effectiveness of the MEANS (MyHealtheVet to Enable And Negotiate for Shared decision making) intervention in improving women's self-reported knowledge and rates of diagnosis and appropriate management of menopause symptoms. The proposed intervention is an educational and shared decision making platform for menopause symptoms to improve communication between patients and their providers regarding menopause symptoms. MEANS combines educational secure messages through the Veterans Affairs online Personal Health Record called MyHealtheVet, along with face-to-face and print interventions.
MEANS will be applied in target population consisting of postmenopausal women Veterans ages 45 to 60 who receive primary care at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. This project will enroll women in MyHealtheVet, develop a library of menopause symptoms material for distribution, and evaluate how useful of MyHealtheVet use for educating and tracking women regarding menopause symptoms.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 45 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Women Veterans, age 45-60
- •Receive primary care at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
- •Able to communicate in English
- •Already or willing to register and become authenticated in the patient health portal, MyHealtheVet.
- •Able to use read, understand, and respond to secure messages using patient health portal.
排除标准
- •Not willing to register and become authenticated for patient health portal.
- •Not willing to receive educational secure messages from patient health portal.
结局指标
主要结局
Feasibility of patient portal use for educating and tracking women regarding menopause and menopause related symptoms.
时间窗: 6-months
The study will send weekly secure messages regarding menopause, and ask participants to report their menopause related symptoms by secure messaging. The research study will track the number of times participants read the weekly information sent via MyHealtheVet and the proportion of times they respond.
Menopause Knowledge
时间窗: 6-months
Total menopause knowledge score (a) before and after the intervention, an average of 6-months and (b) compared to a control group of eligible women patients between 45-60 years who do not receive the intervention at the West Palm Beach and Orlando Veterans Healthcare System. Score is the percent of knowledge questions answered correctly (0 - 100%)
次要结局
- Shared decision making(Through study completion, an average of 3-years)
- Menopause related diagnosis(Through study completion, an average of 3-years)
- Focus Group(6-months)
- Patient portal registration and authentication(Through study completion, an average of 3-years)
研究者
Stuti Dang
Physician
Miami VA Healthcare System