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Educational Blogshots for Parenting Health Decisions

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Recruiting

Led By Lisa Hartling, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Alberta

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Able to complete the questionnaire and interview in English (speak/read)

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline (week 0), follow-up 1 (week 5), follow-up 2 (month 3), follow-up 3 (month 6)

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will help determine if blogshots (images summarizing info) are useful for parents to make better healthcare choices for their kids.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for parents or legal guardians over the age of 18, living in Canada, with a child under 5. They must be able to read and speak English, have internet access, and use an electronic device like a computer or smartphone.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if 'blogshots'—images summarizing information—help parents understand and manage expectations for treating common childhood conditions according to Choosing Wisely Canada recommendations.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

There are no medical side effects involved as this is not a drug trial. However, participants may experience increased screen time due to reading blogshots on electronic devices.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I can speak and read English well enough to complete a questionnaire and interview.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline (week 0), follow-up 1 (week 5), follow-up 2 (month 3), follow-up 3 (month 6)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline (week 0), follow-up 1 (week 5), follow-up 2 (month 3), follow-up 3 (month 6)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline (week 0), follow-up 1 (week 5), follow-up 2 (month 3), follow-up 3 (month 6) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Knowledge - Qualitative

Knowledge - Quantitative

Knowledge - Quantitative Multiple Choice

+2 more

Secondary outcome measures

Expectations of care - qualitative

Expectations of care - quantitative

Intentions - Qualitative

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Active Control

Group I: Group A - Sore Throat Swab, Cough and Cold, AsthmaActive Control1 Intervention

Group A will receive three of six blogshots (different to Group B) over a 4-week period (a different blogshot will be sent by email to them each week for three weeks, then in the final week they will receive the same three blogshots in one summary email to review). They will act as their own control group. All participants from both groups will be asked to complete one baseline questionnaire at the start of the study and a follow-up questionnaire at week 5, month 3 and month 6 about different common acute childhood conditions, the blogshots and their content. All participants can also participate in an optional semi-structured interview to give their thoughts on the blogshots and their experience in the study.

Group II: Group B - Ear Infection, Bronchiolitis, Antibiotics for Sore ThroatActive Control1 Intervention

Group B will receive three of six blogshots (different to Group A) over a 4-week period (a different blogshot will be sent by email to them each week for three weeks, then in the final week they will receive the same three blogshots in one summary email to review). They will act as their own control group. All participants from both groups will be asked to complete one baseline questionnaire at the start of the study and a follow-up questionnaire at week 5, month 3 and month 6 about different common acute childhood conditions, the blogshots and their content. All participants can also participate in an optional semi-structured interview to give their thoughts on the blogshots and their experience in the study.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of AlbertaLead Sponsor

886 Previous Clinical Trials

384,598 Total Patients Enrolled

Pediatric Parent Advisory Group (ARCHE and ECHO)UNKNOWN

Women and Children's Health Research Institute, CanadaOTHER

17 Previous Clinical Trials

24,760 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many people are involved in this clinical experiment?

"Affirmative. The data available on clinicaltrials.gov shows that this experiment, which was launched in early June of 2023, is still actively recruiting participants. 180 individuals need to be gathered from a single medical site for the trial's completion."

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Is enrollment for this research project still open?

"The trial, which was first available on June 5th 2023 is currently enrolling patients. Data hosted by clinicaltrials.gov indicates that the details of this study were last updated on August 16th 2023."

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What aims does this trial hope to achieve?

"The aim of this research is to evaluate the effect of blogshots over a baseline (week 0), follow-up 1 (week 5), follow-up 2 (month 3) and follow-up 3 (month 6) period. This will be monitored by Knowledge - Quantitative Multiple Choice, Intentions - Quantitative Multiple Choice which includes two multiple choice questions regarding intentions when seeking healthcare services, Intentions - Qualitative with three open-ended interview inquiries concerning intentions that are subjected to thematic analysis and Expectations of care - quantitative featuring six expectation questions asked at both baselines and first follow up on a five point Likert scale"

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Recent research and studies

Quality & QuantityJournal

Saturation in Qualitative Research: Exploring Its Conceptualization and Operationalization

Saunders, Benjamin, Julius Sim, Tom Kingstone, Shula Baker, Jackie Waterfield, Bernadette Bartlam, Heather Burroughs, and Clare Jinks. 2017. “Saturation in Qualitative Research: Exploring Its Conceptualization and Operationalization”. Quality & Quantity. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s11135-017-0574-8.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Supporting Parents to Choose Wisely

2023. "Supporting Parents to Choose Wisely". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06005337.

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