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Validation of a Psychosocial Intervention on Body Image in Older People: An Experimental Design

Validation of a Psychosocial Intervention on Body Image in Older People: An Experimental Design

Published on: May 31, 2021

Effectiveness of topic-specific infobuttons: a randomized controlled trial.

Guilherme Del Fiol¹, Peter J Haug, James J Cimino

¹Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. guilherme.delfiol@utah.edu

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

|August 30, 2008

Summary

Specific infobutton links significantly reduced clinician information-seeking time by 17.4%. While success rates were similar, topic links enhance efficiency for electronic medical record users.

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Validation of a Psychosocial Intervention on Body Image in Older People: An Experimental Design

Validation of a Psychosocial Intervention on Body Image in Older People: An Experimental Design

Published on: May 31, 2021

Area of Science:

Medical Informatics
Clinical Decision Support Systems
Health Information Technology

Background:

Infobuttons are decision support tools integrated into electronic medical records (EMRs).
They aim to provide clinicians with timely access to relevant online information.
Effectiveness is key to meeting clinicians' immediate information needs at the point of care.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the effectiveness of specific content topic ('topic') infobutton links versus general overview ('nonspecific') links.
To evaluate which type of infobutton link optimizes clinician information retrieval efficiency and impact.

Main Methods:

A randomized controlled trial was conducted comparing two groups of clinicians.
The control group used nonspecific links, while the intervention group used topic links.
Key metrics included session duration, frequency, success rate, and self-reported impact on decision-making.

Main Results:

Clinicians using topic links spent 17.4% less time seeking information (35.5s vs. 43s, p=0.008).
Information seeking success rates were comparable between groups (89.4% vs. 87.2%, p=0.99).
A high positive clinical impact was reported in 62% of all sessions.

Conclusions:

Topic links demonstrate greater efficiency by reducing information-seeking time compared to nonspecific links.
Infobuttons generally confirm their value in supporting clinical questions at the point of care.
A modest improvement in information delivery efficiency for routine users is suggested.