NCT01083862

Impact of Health Literacy on Outcomes and Effectiveness of Shared Decision Making Programs in Patients With Chronic Diseases

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 187 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Cincinnati · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 87 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Study objective was to explore the impact of health literacy on effectiveness of an educational intervention describing life-style and behavior modification for patients "Living with Coronary Artery Disease." Our hypothesis was that a VHS/DVD version of this educational program would be "superior" to printed material alone in its impact on patients' knowledge about coronary artery disease and important life-style changes. Furthermore, we believed this effect would be most notable among patients with low health literacy. We also were interested in the impact of the interventions on secondary outcomes including - health behaviors, health outcomes and patients' subjective experiences.

Detailed description

187 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) were randomized to one of two educational interventions prior to scheduled ambulatory visit: VHS/DVD plus printed booklet; or booklet alone. Main measures included health literacy, CAD knowledge assessment; clinical outcomes and health behaviors including - blood pressure, weight, smoking status, exercise and dietary habits.

Conditions

• Coronary Artery Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Educational Intervention - Text plus DVD/VHS	In conjunction with a scheduled clinical visit, consenting patients spent roughly 40 minutes viewing a video program developed by the Foundation for Informed Decision Making (FIMDM), describing life-style and behavior modification for patients "Living with Coronary Artery Disease." They also were given a booklet on the same subject material written at a 5th grade level.
BEHAVIORAL	Educational Intervention - Text Only	In conjunction with a scheduled clinical visit, consenting patients spent roughly 40 minutes reading a booklet developed by the Foundation for Informed Decision Making (FIMDM), describing life-style and behavior modification for patients "Living with Coronary Artery Disease." Subject material was written at a 5th grade level.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-10-01
• Primary completion: 2007-10-01
• Completion: 2009-09-01
• First posted: 2010-03-10
• Last updated: 2023-12-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States