Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluating a Low-Literacy Discharge Medication Education Tool
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Los Angeles
Conditions:
Congestive Heart Failure
Coronary Artery Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Recent studies have demonstrated that patients sub-optimally understand hospital discharge medication instructions Health literacy has been shown to be an important factor in patient understanding of ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient inclusion criteria will be:
- 18 years of age or greater
- Admission to the internal medical or cardiology services at LAC/USC Medical Center
- Discharge directly from the medical service to home
- During admission, being evaluated or treated for congestive heart failure or coronary artery disease.
- Patient Exclusion criteria :
- Moderate or severe cognitive dysfunction
- Severe psychiatric disability such that the patient has, or there is an application for, a conservator, or any psychiatric illness with current psychotic features
- Not having speaking proficiency in either English or Spanish language.
- If the patient was previously enrolled in the study on a prior hospitalization, he or she will also be excluded.
- Nurse Inclusion Criteria:
- Performing the patient education at hospital discharge for a patient enrolled in the study
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
287 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00408733
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
August 1 2007
Last Update
January 25 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Los Angeles County/ USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States