The goal of this study is to test the feasibility of a randomized control trial evaluating the educational tool for anticoagulated patients. Participants will be randomized to use new educational materials or current existing educational materials and answer survey questions.
Eligible patients will be randomized using stratified block randomization to control for the type of anticoagulant (warfarin vs. DOAC) and status (naïve vs. experienced) to either the education intervention from Aim 2 or standard of care Data will be collected via online surveys before the intervention, immediately after, and then 3 months after the intervention. Patients at the University of Utah Thrombosis Clinic will be recruited.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
68
This includes new web-based patient educational materials that have been developed prior to the start of the study
This will be the current practice for patient education
Feasibility of implementing a randomized control trial
The study will be feasible if 1) the consent rate if 5 patients per month, 2) Proportion of patients completing the educational tool is 90%; 3) Loss to follow-up at three months is 20% or less
Time frame: 18 months
Acceptability
High acceptability based on self-reported questionnaires using Likert questions per the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability domains
Time frame: 3 months
Acceptability - Educational Tool
This will be measured using an adapted version of the Ottawa Decision Aid Acceptability Measures which is a 10-question tool shortened to 5 questions that assess: 1) The way information is presented, 2) Length of the Materials, 3) Amount of information, 4) What was liked, and 5) Suggestions for improvement
Time frame: At time of intervention
Acceptability - Workflow Disruption
2 questions to providers asking to rate how much a) the study disrupted their workflow and b) how much the educational tool disrupted their workflow on a scale from 1- Very disruptive to 5 - Not all disruptive. Higher scores are better outcomes
Time frame: 18 months
Acceptability - Satisfaction
Patients and providers will both complete a 5 point Likert scale asking how satisfied they are with the educational materials, with 1 being Very dissatisfied and 5 being Very Satisfied.
Time frame: 3 months
Acceptability - Intervention/Survey Fatigue
1 question measuring survey fatigue: 1) the length of surveys was a) too long, b) too short, c) just right and the number of surveys that were not filled out/not completed. If the majority of surveys are not completed or started, and the majority of patients answer that the length of surveys was too long, that will indicate high survey fatigue
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Time frame: 3 months