Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1999
Randomised trial of personalised computer based information for cancer patients.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
41 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of providing patients access to electronic health records on quality and safety of care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ quality & safety · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for preparing patients for chemotherapy and radiotherapy: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2014Pooled it
- Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Interactive technologies and videotapes for patient education in cancer care: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2007Pooled it
- Patient access to medical records and healthcare outcomes: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAPooled it
- Computer-generated patient education materials: do they affect professional practice? A systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAPooled it
- "Employment and arthritis: making it work" a randomized controlled trial evaluating an online program to help people with inflammatory arthritis maintain employment (study protocol).BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2014Trial
- A pre-visit tailored website enhances counselees' realistic expectations and knowledge and fulfils information needs for breast cancer genetic counselling.Familial cancer · 2012Trial
- Phase 1 pilot study of e-mail support for people with long term conditions using the Internet.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2011Trial
- Effect of different forms of information produced for cancer patients on their use of the information, social support, and anxiety: randomised trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006Trial
- Randomised controlled trial of an interactive multimedia decision aid on hormone replacement therapy in primary care.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001Trial
- Randomised trial of personalised computer based information for patients with schizophrenia.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001Trial
- Understanding Contexts and Challenges of Information Management for Epilepsy Care.Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference · 2023Article
- Harnessing Machine Learning to Personalize Web-Based Health Care Content.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
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- What do patients and dermatologists prefer regarding low-risk basal cell carcinoma follow-up care? A discrete choice experiment.PloS one · 2021Article
- Communicating cancer risk in the primary care consultation when using a cancer risk assessment tool: Qualitative study with service users and practitioners.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2020Article
- What Happened to Me while I Was in the Hospital? Challenges and Opportunities for Generating Patient-Friendly Hospitalization Summaries.Journal of healthcare informatics research · 2019Article
- Medical utilization of kiosks in the delivery of patient education: a systematic review.Health promotion perspectives · 2014Review
- An interactive, bilingual touch screen program to promote breastfeeding among Hispanic rural women: usability study.JMIR research protocols · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the use and effect of a computer based information system for cancer patients that is personalised using each patient's medical record with a system providing only general information and with information provided in booklets.
designRandomised trial with three groups. Data collected at start of radiotherapy, one week later (when information provided), three weeks later, and three months later.
participants525 patients started radical radiotherapy; 438 completed follow up.
interventionsTwo groups were offered information via computer (personalised or general information, or both) with open access to computer thereafter; the third group was offered a selection of information booklets. OUTCOMES: Patients' views and preferences, use of computer and information, and psychological status; doctors' perceptions; cost of interventions.
resultsMore patients offered the personalised information said that they had learnt something new, thought the information was relevant, used the computer again, and showed their computer printouts to others. There were no major differences in doctors' perceptions of patients. More of the general computer group were anxious at three months. With an electronic patient record system, in the long run the personalised information system would cost no more than the general system. Full access to booklets cost twice as much as the general system.
conclusionsPatients preferred computer systems that provided information from their medical records to systems that just provided general information. This has implications for the design and implementation of electronic patient record systems and reliance on general sources of patient information.
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