Trial reportThe Australian journal of rural health2008
Health knowledge acquisition by rural women with chronic health conditions: a tale of two Web approaches.
Trial report in The Australian journal of rural health, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Applying the Electronic Health Literacy Lens: Systematic Review of Electronic Health Interventions Targeted at Socially Disadvantaged Groups.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- The effects on health behavior and health outcomes of Internet-based asynchronous communication between health providers and patients with a chronic condition: a systematic review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Pooled it
- Web-based symptom management for women with recurrent ovarian cancer: a pilot randomized controlled trial of the WRITE Symptoms intervention.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2014Trial
- "Wounds Home Alone"-Why and How Venous Leg Ulcer Patients Self-Treat Their Ulcer: A Qualitative Content Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Benefits of online health education: perception from consumers and health professionals.Journal of medical systems · 2015Article
- Chronic disease knowledge and its determinants among chronically ill adults in rural areas of Shanxi Province in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2011Article
- Computer-mediated patient education: opportunities and challenges for supporting women with ovarian cancer.The Nursing clinics of North America · 2009Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the differences in health knowledge acquisition and the perceived impact on self-management of chronic illness provided by two approaches to providing Web-based information.
designRepeated-measure questionnaire administered at four time points: baseline, 11, 23 and 53 weeks; a post-computer intervention survey. SETTING AND
participantsOne hundred and seventy-six chronically ill women (aged 32-68 years) living in rural areas.
main outcome measuresScores on knowledge questions within repeated measures; participant ratings on perceptions of abilities to self-manage.
interventionThe 22-week computer-based intervention provided online support and health information. Women were randomly assigned to an intense intervention (n = 54), less-intense intervention (n = 58) or control group (n = 64).
resultsBoth computer intervention groups gained significantly in health knowledge with little differential effect at intervention conclusion or after 6 months, when there was a drop-off in health knowledge retention of about one-third (intense - baseline mean = 0.54, week 23 = 0.69, week 53 = 0.65; less intense - 0.58, 0.68, 0.65). Control remained about the same (0.51, 0.51, 0.53). Using an anova analysis, there was no appreciable difference between intervention groups in perceptions of ability to self-manage illness (intense - mean = 4.02 (on a scale of 1-6), standard deviation = 0.99); less intense - (mean = 3.85, standard deviation = 1.00), t(107) = 0.90, P = 0.37).
conclusionsA less-intense intervention can be as effective as a more complex, labour-intensive and costly intervention in assisting chronically ill rural women to acquire health knowledge they consider to be moderately helpful in managing their chronic conditions.
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