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. 2023 May 4;2023(5):CD013854. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013854.pub2

Kim 2020.

Study name A cluster‐randomised controlled trial of a decision aid (myAID) for ulcerative colitis patients to enhance patients quality of life, empowerment, quality of decision making and disease control
Methods Cluster RCT
Participants 460
Interventions IG: myAID is an internet‐based multimedia decision aid (Emmi Solutions, Chicago) designed to support shared decision making for treatment choices in UC management
CG: usual care without the use of the decision aid. Patients will be reviewed by their respective gastroenterologist (or team) within 2‐4 weeks of study inclusion to help with the decision making process.
Outcomes Primary outcome: HRQoL
Secondary outcomes:
Empowerment
Health literacy
Quality of decision making
Anxiety
Productivity
Medication adherence
Disease activity and control, as measured by:
  • Simple Clinical Colitis Activity IndexTime point (8)12 months

  • faecal calprotectin

  • proportion of patients taking steroids (captured through self‐report via online questionnaire)

  • proportion of patients requiring surgery (captured through self‐report via online questionnaire)

  • proportion of patients requiring unplanned hospital admissions (captured through self‐report via online questionnaire)


Acceptability of the decision aid, as measured by questions specifically developed for the study (intervention arm only)
Starting date 25 August 2018
Contact information Dr Andrew Kim: andrew.h.kim@student.unsw.edu.au
Notes Author responded on 16 June 2021 their study is not yet complete although has now finished recruitment. Full data analysis is therefore not available as yet.