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Health & Life Sciences University, Tryol University of Applied Sciences Bremen |
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Information provided by: | Health & Life Sciences University, Tryol |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00746408 |
Medical expert systems in combination with portal searching meta-search engines are exploited to provide reliable patient-tailored information. A prototype of a web-based information system has been developed and is to be evaluated. Its aim is to answer the decisive question whether expert system guided internet meta-search provides a better information supply for patients seeking health information online then this is possible by using ordinary search engines or health portals. The research does neither investigate the influence of ethical nor legal aspects of internet health information supply.
Condition | Intervention |
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Headache |
Other: Expert system guided tailored information |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Case Control, Cross-Sectional |
Official Title: | Study of the Quality of Self-Diagnosis by Headache Patients Getting Tailored Internet Information |
Estimated Enrollment: | 500 |
Study Start Date: | January 2009 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | April 2009 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | April 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts | Assigned Interventions |
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Main 1
Insurants of the health insurance company BARMER using the prototype to receive expert system guided tailored internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.
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Other: Expert system guided tailored information
The prototype is realised by a web-based information system. The HTML web-interface guides the user through the search process by querying the information demand. This is done by an integrated expert system. The expert system uses a rule based inference to determine an internal diagnosis. Based on this internal diagnosis the system searches quality labeled websites and presents relevant information to the user.
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Main 2
Insurants of the health insurance company BARMER using search engines and portals to gather internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.
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Online 1
Internet users using the prototype to receive expert system guided tailored internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.
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Other: Expert system guided tailored information
The prototype is realised by a web-based information system. The HTML web-interface guides the user through the search process by querying the information demand. This is done by an integrated expert system. The expert system uses a rule based inference to determine an internal diagnosis. Based on this internal diagnosis the system searches quality labeled websites and presents relevant information to the user.
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Online 2
Internet users using search engines and portals to gather internet information about the type of headache they suffer from.
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
All German speaking adults in the German-speaking part of Europe who suffer at least occasionally from headaches and have not been examined (concerning these headaches) by a physician yet.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Wilfried Honekamp, MSc & Dipl.-Inform. | +49 (0) 178 1604553 | wilfried.honekamp@umit.at |
Austria, Tyrol | |
Health & Life Sciences University (UMIT) | Recruiting |
Hall in Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria, 6060 | |
Contact: Wilfried Honekamp, MSc & Dipl.-Inform. +49 (0) 178 1604553 wilfried.honekamp@umit.at | |
Principal Investigator: Wilfried Honekamp, MSc & Dipl.-Inform. |
Principal Investigator: | Wilfried Honekamp, MSc & Dipl.-Inform. | Health & Life Sciences University Tyrol, Austria |
Study Director: | Herwig Ostermann, Dr. | Health & Life Sciences University Tyrol, Austria |
Study Chair: | Roland Staudinger, Prof. | Health & Life Sciences University Tyrol, Austria |
Responsible Party: | Health & Life Sciences University Tyrol, Austria ( Wilfried Honekamp ) |
Study ID Numbers: | GW Diss 3000490 |
Study First Received: | September 2, 2008 |
Last Updated: | January 8, 2009 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00746408 |
Health Authority: | Austria: Federal Ministry for Health Family and Youth; Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Internet Information supply Tailoring Patient empowerment Headaches |
Consumer Health Information Information Services Information Storage and Retrieval Information Systems |
Signs and Symptoms Headache Neurologic Manifestations Pain |
Nervous System Diseases |