Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04212117
CALS Patient Activated Learning System (PALS)
Can the Digital Patient Activated Learning System Increase Racial Minority Engagement With Health Information? A Multi-Site Pilot Examination in New York State
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 232 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Cornell University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The overall goal in this line of inquiry is to test whether the Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) is effective in reducing disparities in access to reliable, easily understood health information, and whether this increased understanding has downstream consequences such as increases in trust in the medical system and self-management behaviors.
Detailed description
Participants will view, in randomized order, PALS or WebMD content on hypertension and on high cholesterol. This study will test knowledge uptake across topics as well as attitudes toward and trust in the information and information providers.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | The Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) | Randomization into PALS arm. |
| OTHER | WebMD | Randomization into WebMD arm. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-02-18
- Primary completion
- 2023-11-01
- Completion
- 2023-11-01
- First posted
- 2019-12-26
- Last updated
- 2024-02-13
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04212117. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.