Recruiting

Interactive Tool

Sponsor:

Ottawa Fertility Centre

Code:

NCT01046188

Conditions

Education

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Knowledge Questionnaire

Perceived Stress Scale

Satisfaction questionnaire

Web-based IVF teaching

Didactic lecture

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate an interactive web-based teaching tool in IVF patients. Patients will be randomized to participate in web-based IVF teaching or a didactic lecture. A knowledge questionnaire will be completed both prior to and following the teaching intervention. Both groups will also complete stress and satisfaction surveys throughout the IVF treatment cycle. Groups will be compared at the completion of the study for demographics, level of knowledge, stress and satisfaction. The web-based group will be evaluated for web usage.

Conditions

Education

Study ID

NCT01046188

Start date

Jan, 2010

Status verified date

Jan, 2010

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subject >18 years of age
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • First cycle of IVF
  • English speaking and reading
  • Internet access at home or work (that is easily accessible for personal use)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Failure to complete a baseline knowledge questionnaire prior to IVF consent signing
  • Previous attendance at an IVF teaching session
  • Previous IVF treatment (at the Ottawa Fertility Centre or any other IVF clinic)
  • Undergoing Natural Cycle IVF (these patients do not generally participate in teaching sessions, as they undergo one-on-one teaching)

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Web-based Teaching Group

Patients randomized to the intervention group will receive a unique login and password to a link on the Ottawa Fertility Centre website. This will allow them access to a secure site containing required teaching modules. They will then complete an interactive teaching tool that contains the same educational content as the traditional presentation. Patients will be able to access a module that is specific to their stimulation protocol. The teaching tool does not need to be completed all at one time. Once completed, the information can still be accessed as many times as required.

active comparator: Control group

Participants randomized to the control arm of the study will participate in a traditional didactic teaching session. This session will be carried out by the nurse educator. This session will be attended by up to 10 other couples that may or may not be participating in the study. The nurse educator administering the session will not know which couples are participating in the study. Slides shown and information conveyed will be the same as that provided to the web-based group, however all three stimulation protocols will be presented to the participants regardless of their actual treatment protocol.

Interventions

Knowledge Questionnaire

Administered before and after teaching intervention

Perceived Stress Scale

Administered before and after teaching intervention

Satisfaction questionnaire

Administered after the intervention and at study completion

Web-based IVF teaching

Web-based IVF teaching

Didactic lecture

Didactic lecture

Primary outcome measure

  • To assess knowledge in IVF patients after completing either a web-based teaching module or traditional teaching session [ Time Frame: Assessed prior to consenting to IVF treatment and after teaching intervention (within 6-8 weeks) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Tannys DR Vause, MD

6136863378tvause@conceive.ca

Jason K Min, MD

6136863378jmin@conceive.ca

Locations

Ottawa Fertility Centre

Recruiting

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2C 3V4

Contacts

Tannys DR Vause, MD

6136863378tvause@conceive.ca

Mark Evans, MBA

6136863378mevans@conceive.ca

Principal Investigator:

Tannys DR Vause, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Ottawa Fertility Centre

Last update posted

Jan 15, 2010

Last verified

Jan, 2010

Keywords

  • Education
  • Internet
  • In vitro fertilization

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Ottawa Fertility Centre on 2010-01-15.