Assessment of inflammatory bowel disease educational videos for increasing patient engagement and family and friends' levels of understanding.
Welmoed K van Deen, Carine Khalil, Taylor P Dupuy and 3 others
PMID 34154860WHAT IT FOUND
Short IBD videos were followed by increases in self-reported patient activation and family and friends reported better understanding.
No control group means causation is unproven.
Key findings
01Average PAM scores increased by 3.8, 3.9, 4.9, or 4.7 points after watching one of the four patient videos.
02No differences were observed in the amount of change in PAM between the four videos (p = 0.0801).
03Perspective taking improved in 8 of 9 domains among people who knew someone with IBD after watching the family and friends video.
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What it does not show
The study had no control group, so it cannot show that the videos caused the changes. Outcomes were measured immediately after viewing, so lasting behavior change was not assessed. IBD diagnoses and disease severity were self-reported and not medically confirmed. Participants were online survey panelists, so people without basic computer skills were unlikely to be included and the sample may not represent the U.S. population. The perspective-taking questionnaire was developed for this study and was not a validated measure.
Declared interests
One author, BMRS, serves on an advisory board for Takeda. The other authors reported no financial disclosures. The paper is listed as NIH extramural research support.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that the videos caused improved activation or understanding. The study had no control group and measured responses immediately after viewing, so it cannot show lasting effects or causation.