NCT01152775

Evaluation of the Use of Multimedia to Enhance Patient and Family Understanding

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will investigate the potential impact of arts-informed, technology-based patient education material, and specifically, the role of multimedia imagery on patient comprehension, perceived satisfaction, anxiety levels, and informed decision-making.

Detailed description

Based on an inter-professional approach to support a new role in patient care, this research addresses both literacy and health literacy issues within the context of current challenges to healthcare delivery and associated fragmentation in continuity of care. Patient education is a key component in the delivery of comprehensive care and it is the potential for on-line patient education that provides the basis for research.

Conditions

• The Role of Multimedia on Retention and Comprehension of Key Concepts for Surgical Options in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients.

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	This group of patients will be exposed to multimedia	This group of patients will be exposed to multimedia
OTHER	No Media	This group will not be exposed to multimedia

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2013-01-01
• First posted: 2010-06-29
• Last updated: 2012-04-20

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada