MedlinePlus Health Prescriptions: Developing a Pragmatic Approach for Clinic Use

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Prostatic Hyperplasia; Depression; HIV Infections; Senile Osteoporosis; Menopause; Allergic Rhinitis; Anxiety; Asthma; Bursitis; Cough
• Interventions: Other: health information prescription

• Registration Number: NCT01050465
• Lead Sponsor: University of Missouri-Columbia

Brief Summary

The specific aim of this proposed pilot study is to compare two standardized processes (paper and electronic) to deliver a customized MedlinePlus health information prescription.

Detailed Description

The specific aim of this proposed pilot study is to compare two standardized processes (paper and electronic) to deliver a customized MedlinePlus health information prescription.

Primary Hypothesis. Individuals in the paper prescription group will be just as likely to seek information using MedlinePlus compared with individuals in the group who receive the same customized information through an email prescription.

Secondary Hypothesis. Individuals in the paper prescription group will be just as likely to have successful behavioral outcome measures as those in the group who receive the same customized information through an email prescription.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-05
• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-14
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-15
• Primary Completion: 2010-10
• Study Completion: 2010-12
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 907

Inclusion Criteria

• one of the 40 target health conditions.

Exclusion Criteria

• absence of at least one of the target 40 conditions

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
paper	health information prescription	Patients randomized to this arm will receive a paper health information prescription.
email	health information prescription	Patients randomized to this arm will receive an email health information prescription.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
seeking information using MedlinePlus	clicks will be tracked on the website when they occur