Randomized trial of a novel game-based appointment system for a university hospital venereology unit: Study protocol
Background: Chlamydia is the most common reportable sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Norway, and its incidence in the two northernmost counties has been disclosed to be nearly the double of the Norwegian average. The latest publicly available rates showed that 85.6% of the new cases were diagno...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/8538 2023-05-15T17:39:25+02:00 Randomized trial of a novel game-based appointment system for a university hospital venereology unit: Study protocol Gabarron, Elia Serrano, Artur Fernandez Luque, Luis Wynn, Rolf Schopf, Thomas Roger Griesbeck 2015-04-08 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8538 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-015-0143-9 eng eng BioMed Central BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2015, 15 FRIDAID 1229286 doi:10.1186/s12911-015-0143-9 1472-6947 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8538 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8110 openAccess Sexually transmitted diseases Chlamydia Health promotion Health education Public health informatics Health information technologies Internet Social network Social media Young adult Adolescent VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2015 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-015-0143-9 2021-06-25T17:54:37Z Background: Chlamydia is the most common reportable sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Norway, and its incidence in the two northernmost counties has been disclosed to be nearly the double of the Norwegian average. The latest publicly available rates showed that 85.6% of the new cases were diagnosed in people under 29 years old. The information and communication technologies are among the most powerful influences in the lives of young people. The Internet can potentially represent a way to educate on sexual health and encourage young people, and especially youth, to be tested for STDs. If hospital websites include an easy and anonymous system for scheduling appointments with the clinic, it is possible that this could lead to an increase in the number of people tested for STDs. Methods: The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of a game-based appointment system on the frequency of consultations at a venereology unit and on the use of an educational web app. An A/B testing methodology is used. Users from the city of Tromsø, in North Norway, will be randomized to one of the two versions of the game-style web app on sexual health at www.sjekkdeg.no. Group A will have access to educational content only, while group B will have, in addition, access to a game-based appointment system with automatic prioritization. After one year of the trial, it will be analyzed if the game-based appointment system increases the number of consultations at the venereology unit and if health professionals deem the system useful. Discussion: This study will explore if facilitating the access to health services for youth through the use of a game-based appointment system integrated in a game-style web app on sexual health education can have an impact on appointment rates. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Norway Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway Tromsø BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 15 1 |
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Sexually transmitted diseases Chlamydia Health promotion Health education Public health informatics Health information technologies Internet Social network Social media Young adult Adolescent VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750 |
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Sexually transmitted diseases Chlamydia Health promotion Health education Public health informatics Health information technologies Internet Social network Social media Young adult Adolescent VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750 |
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Background: Chlamydia is the most common reportable sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Norway, and its incidence in the two northernmost counties has been disclosed to be nearly the double of the Norwegian average. The latest publicly available rates showed that 85.6% of the new cases were diagnosed in people under 29 years old. The information and communication technologies are among the most powerful influences in the lives of young people. The Internet can potentially represent a way to educate on sexual health and encourage young people, and especially youth, to be tested for STDs. If hospital websites include an easy and anonymous system for scheduling appointments with the clinic, it is possible that this could lead to an increase in the number of people tested for STDs. Methods: The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of a game-based appointment system on the frequency of consultations at a venereology unit and on the use of an educational web app. An A/B testing methodology is used. Users from the city of Tromsø, in North Norway, will be randomized to one of the two versions of the game-style web app on sexual health at www.sjekkdeg.no. Group A will have access to educational content only, while group B will have, in addition, access to a game-based appointment system with automatic prioritization. After one year of the trial, it will be analyzed if the game-based appointment system increases the number of consultations at the venereology unit and if health professionals deem the system useful. Discussion: This study will explore if facilitating the access to health services for youth through the use of a game-based appointment system integrated in a game-style web app on sexual health education can have an impact on appointment rates. |
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Randomized trial of a novel game-based appointment system for a university hospital venereology unit: Study protocol |
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