Media Effects Study on Health-Related Content

• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00775008
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 40
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Duration (Months): 1
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 39.3

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

A media lab study will be conducted to determine the mechanism by which podcasting may exert an effect. This study will examine both physiological (heart rate, skin conductance, etc.) and psychosocial (knowledge, perceived control, elaboration, etc.) measures in participants listening to a podcast on health versus reading health content on the Web. We hypothesize that podcasting will create a greater physiological response than the Web. There will also be more elaboration in the podcasting group. Podcasting will produce greater feelings of control. Changes in knowledge will be greater in the Web group.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Processing Health Information	Behavioral: electronic health information	Early Phase 1

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 40 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single (Participant)
• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Study Start Date: Oct 1, 2008
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Oct 1, 2008
• Actual Study Completion Date: Nov 1, 2008

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: podcast	Behavioral: electronic health information; Participants will receive weight loss information via 1 of 2 different mediums.
Active Comparator: Web group	Behavioral: electronic health information; Participants will receive weight loss information via 1 of 2 different mediums.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Physiological response [1 hour]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Psychosocial response [1 hour]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older

• Be willing to be randomized to either the podcast or Web condition

• Able to attend the intervention session

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not living in the Chapel Hill area

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	UNC-Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	United States	27514

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00775008
• Other Study ID Numbers: 07-0430-02
• First Posted: Oct 17, 2008
• Last Update Posted: Mar 3, 2009
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2009

• Keywords provided by , ,: weight loss, health information, e-health

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 3, 2009