Health Education in Improving the Understanding of Medical Information
NCT ID: NCT00387998
Last Updated: 2013-08-30
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
555 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2004-10-31
2005-08-31
Brief Summary
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PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well health education materials help participants understand medical information.
Detailed Description
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* Compare medical data interpretation skills in participants of low or high socioeconomic status who receive a general education primer (entitled "Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics") vs a health education booklet (entitled "The Pocket Guide to Good Heath for Adults").
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, controlled study. Participants are stratified according to socioeconomic status (low vs high). Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 intervention arms.
* Arm I (control): Participants receive a health education booklet entitled "The Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults," published by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, which contains general information about disease risk and reducing risk by following recommended prevention or screening activities.
* Arm II (primer): Participants receive a general education primer entitled "Know your chances: Understanding health statistics," which teaches how to understand disease risk and the benefits and risks of intervention.
Within 2 weeks after receiving the education material, participants in both arms complete a survey, including a medical data interpretation test, STAT-interest, STAT-confidence, and user ratings of the education materials.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 555 participants were accrued for this study.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Risk primer
Booklet written by investigators "know your chances"
Risk primer
Know your chances booklet
Control booklet
AHRQ staying healthy booklet
AHRQ staying healthy booklet
educational booklet about prevention
Interventions
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AHRQ staying healthy booklet
educational booklet about prevention
Risk primer
Know your chances booklet
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Meets 1 of the following criteria:
* High socioeconomic status
* Attended Dartmouth Community Medical School in the past
* Low socioeconomic status
* Veteran or family member enrolled in a Veteran Affairs clinic
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* English speaking
* No more than 1 participant per household
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* Not specified
35 Years
79 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Steven Woloshin, MD, MS
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Lisa Schwartz, MD, MS
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
References
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Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Welch HG. The effectiveness of a primer to help people understand risk: two randomized trials in distinct populations. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Feb 20;146(4):256-65. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-4-200702200-00004.
Other Identifiers
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DMS-15144
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
CDR0000510867
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
NCT00380432
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: nct_alias