Trial Outcomes & Findings for Health Literacy in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure (NCT NCT00508716)

NCT ID: NCT00508716

Last Updated: 2015-04-15

Results Overview

Number of participants who are re-hospitalized or die within 90 days of discharge

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

124 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

90 days

Results posted on

2015-04-15

Participant Flow

Recruited from inpatients at a small community Hospital March 1, 2007-July 31 2010.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Usual Care
Usual Care - Education about CHF by Primary Nurse on discharge. No teach-back is used in this arm.
Tailored Low Health Literacy Intervention
Tailored Intervention for patients with low health literacy and nurse-directed teachback: Educational leaflet which has been developed for low-health literacy patients. Adminstered by dedicated Nurse-educator. Nurse-educator asks Patient for "teachback after Intervention". This means that the Patient repeats in his/her own words the Information received. Education ends once Patient has been able to repeat the Information back. Health Literacy-Tailored Education: Intervention group receives a visit from a nurse educator who, using the teach back method of educating patients, provides counseling on their disease methods of controlling their disease. A video is also viewed to reinforce the materials.
Overall Study
STARTED
61
63
Overall Study
COMPLETED
61
63
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Health Literacy in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Usual Care
n=61 Participants
CHF Education by usual Nurse without teach-back or Video.
Tailored Intervention for Patients With Low Health Literacy an
n=63 Participants
Tailored Intervention for patients with low health literacy and nurse-directed teachback Health Literacy-Tailored Education: Intervention group receives a visit from a nurse educator who, using the teach back method of educating patients, provides counseling on their disease methods of controlling their disease. A video is also viewed to reinforce the materials.
Total
n=124 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
17 Participants
n=5 Participants
20 Participants
n=7 Participants
37 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
44 Participants
n=5 Participants
43 Participants
n=7 Participants
87 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
35 Participants
n=5 Participants
30 Participants
n=7 Participants
65 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
26 Participants
n=5 Participants
33 Participants
n=7 Participants
59 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
61 participants
n=5 Participants
63 participants
n=7 Participants
124 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 90 days

Number of participants who are re-hospitalized or die within 90 days of discharge

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Usual Care
n=61 Participants
Usual Care - Education about CHF by Primary Nurse on discharge. No teach-back is used in this arm.
Tailored Low Health Literacy Intervention
n=63 Participants
Tailored Intervention for patients with low health literacy and nurse-directed teachback: Educational leaflet which has been developed for low-health literacy patients. Adminstered by dedicated Nurse-educator. Nurse-educator asks Patient for "teachback after Intervention". This means that the Patient repeats in his/her own words the Information received. Education ends once Patient has been able to repeat the Information back. Health Literacy-Tailored Education: Intervention group receives a visit from a nurse educator who, using the teach back method of educating patients, provides counseling on their disease methods of controlling their disease. A video is also viewed to reinforce the materials.
Re-hospitalization or Death
48 participants
48 participants

Adverse Events

Usual Care

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Teilored Intervention

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Dorothea Wild

Griffin Hospital

Phone: 203 7327327

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place