A Comparison of Computerised Versus Interviewer-administered Approach for Assessing Health-related Quality of Life

Sponsor

Singapore General Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT00537264

Collaborator

National University, Singapore (Other)

4,800

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

601.2

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to compare a multimedia, computerised approach vs. interviewer administration of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Diabetes Heart Disease Hypertension Stroke	Other: Health-related quality of life assessment Other: Health-related quality of life assessment	N/A

Detailed Description

There are no drug treatments involved in this study. The administration of health-related quality of life questionnaires is the intervention being studied. Health-related quality of life questionnaires measure the physical, mental and social well-being of an individual, are recognised as important patient-reported outcomes and are increasingly being used in clinical trials and routine clinical practice. By asking study participants to complete a questionnaire assessing their physical, mental and social well-being, we are increasing their awareness of these aspects of their health and may directly or indirectly prompt them to take actions and/ or have thoughts that may improve or worsen their health status. Hence, we have considered this an interventional study. This survey will be conducted in Chinese.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

4800 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Health Services Research

Official Title:

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Computer- Versus Interviewer-administered Approach for Assessing Health-related Quality of Life in Multi-Ethnic Singapore

Study Start Date :

Nov 1, 2007

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jul 1, 2008

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jul 1, 2008

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Computer Health-related quality of life questionnaires will be administered using a computerised multimedia touchscreen system.	Other: Health-related quality of life assessment Study participants will be asked to complete the following health-related quality of life questionnaires: EQ-5D, Health Utilities Index 3, SF-8 and SF-6D. The Singapore (Chinese) versions of these questionnaires have been previously tested and validated in a pilot cohort of the same study population. Other Names: Patient-reported outcomes
Experimental: Interviewer Health-related quality of life questionnaire will be administered via face-to-face interviews.	Other: Health-related quality of life assessment Study participants will be asked to complete the following health-related quality of life questionnaires: EQ-5D, Health Utilities Index 3, SF-8 and SF-6D. The Singapore (Chinese) versions of these questionnaires have been previously tested and validated in a pilot cohort of the same study population. Other Names: Patient-reported outcomes

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Computer

Health-related quality of life questionnaires will be administered using a computerised multimedia touchscreen system.

Other: Health-related quality of life assessment

Study participants will be asked to complete the following health-related quality of life questionnaires: EQ-5D, Health Utilities Index 3, SF-8 and SF-6D. The Singapore (Chinese) versions of these questionnaires have been previously tested and validated in a pilot cohort of the same study population.

Other Names:

Patient-reported outcomes

Experimental: Interviewer

Health-related quality of life questionnaire will be administered via face-to-face interviews.

Other: Health-related quality of life assessment

Other Names:

Patient-reported outcomes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Health-related quality of life outcomes [Past 4 weeks]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

21 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients aged 21 and above
Singaporean citizens or permanent residents
Speaks Mandarin

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who are mentally incapable of completing a questionnaire

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Geylang Polyclinic, 21 Geylang East Central	Singapore		Singapore	389707

Sponsors and Collaborators

Singapore General Hospital
National University, Singapore

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Julian Thumboo, FRCP (Edin), Singapore General Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

Thumboo J, Wee HL, Cheung YB, Machin D, Luo N, Fong KY. Development of a Smiling Touchscreen multimedia program for HRQoL assessment in subjects with varying levels of literacy. Value Health. 2006 Sep-Oct;9(5):312-9.

Responsible Party:

Singapore General Hospital

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00537264

Other Study ID Numbers:

03/1/27/18/226

First Posted:

Oct 1, 2007

Last Update Posted:

Apr 18, 2018

Last Verified:

Apr 1, 2018

Keywords provided by Singapore General Hospital

health-related quality of life

primary care

computer-assisted instruction

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Heart Diseases

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 18, 2018