Appendicitis Acute
Conditions
Keywords
decision support, decision aid, decisional conflict
Brief summary
After the recent publication of the CODA Trial comparing antibiotics and surgery for acute appendicitis, the investigators developed a comprehensive decision support tool. This tool will help patients understand the risks and benefits of each treatment and make a treatment decision. This study is an online randomized field test comparing the decision support tool to a control infographic and assessing it's affect on decisional outcomes, such as decisional conflict.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAppendicitis Decision Support Tool
Viewing of a decision support tool.
BEHAVIORALControl Infographic
Viewing of a standardized infographic
Sponsors
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
University of Washington
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
who live in the United States and who have not previously had appendicitis. * Workers on Amazons Mechanical Turk Platform with an approval rating of 95% or higher * Workers on Amazons Mechanical Turk Platform who live in the United States * Workers on Amazons Mechanical Turn Platform who have not previously had appendicitis
Exclusion criteria
* Employees or relatives of employees of the University of Washington
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Decisional Conflict Pre vs. Post Intervention | At time of enrollment | Assessed using the validated decisional conflict scale comparing only participants in the intervention arm before and after viewing the decision support tool. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Decisional Conflict Between Arms | At time of enrollment | Total score on the validated decisional conflict scale after viewing the intervention support tool or the control infographic. Scale ranges from 0-100 with higher scores being worse. |
| Acceptability | At time of enrollment | Between arm comparison of the acceptability of the information presented to the participants rated on a 4 point acceptability scale with higher scores representing higher acceptability. |
| Trust and Accuracy of Information | At time of enrollment | Participants perception of the trustworthiness and accuracy of the information presented to them on a 5 point scale with higher scores representing a higher perceived trustworthiness and perceived accuracy. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed