NCT00826592

Comparison of Video-Based Versus Written Patient Education on Atopic Dermatitis

Comparison of Video-based Versus Written Patient Education on Atopic Dermatitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of video-based patient education with written instruction on subjects' knowledge of atopic dermatitis and their disease severity, measured by the Patient-oriented Eczema Measure (POEM), after viewing the educational materials.

Detailed description

We plan to conduct a randomized, controlled trial comparing the effect of video-based patient education with written instruction on subjects' understanding of atopic dermatitis and their disease severity. Subjects randomized to the video-based education arm will be instructed to watch a video on the classifications, aggravating factors, and treatment of atopic dermatitis. Subjects randomized to the written education arm will receive written information on the classifications, aggravating factors, and treatment of atopic dermatitis. The contents of the video and the written educational materials will be comparable. At the end of the study period, 3 months later, subjects will be interviewed regarding their comprehension and attitude towards video-based and written education materials. Additionally, we will use the Patient-oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) questionnaire to assess the difference in subjects' disease severity between the 2 arms.

Conditions

• Atopic Dermatitis
• Atopic Eczema
• Infantile Eczema
• Hand Eczema

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Patient Educational Materials	In the experimental arm, the intervention is the video-based patient educational material on atopic dermatitis. In the active comparison arm (control arm), the comparison intervention is written patient educational material on atopic dermatitis.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2009-08-01
• Completion: 2009-08-01
• First posted: 2009-01-22
• Last updated: 2015-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States