Health Literacy Multi-media Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer
• Interventions: Other: Educational Video

• Registration Number: NCT02999529
• Lead Sponsor: Emory University

Brief Summary

Cancer patients are presented with a lot of information about their diagnosis and different treatment options, which can be confusing. The purpose of this study is to see if a simple video explanation of six words used to describe cancer treatment improves patient understanding of these words.

Detailed Description

Cancer patients are presented with a lot of information about their diagnosis and different treatment options, which can be confusing. The purpose of this study is to see if a simple video explanation of six words used to describe cancer treatment improves patient understanding of these words.

Participants will be interviewed and asked the meaning of six words related to cancer treatment. Following the interview, participants will be shown a video about the meaning of the words. After viewing the video, participants will be re-interviewed to test how effective the video was at explaining the six words.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-12
• Study First Submitted: 2016-12-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-12-19
• Study First Posted: 2016-12-21
• Primary Completion: 2017-04
• Study Completion: 2017-04
• Status Verified: 2017-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-16
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients at Grady Memorial Hospital who is offered a consent to receive chemotherapy

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Exclusion Criteria

• Profession as a physician or nurse
• Non English speaking

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Education Group	Educational Video	Participants offered a consent for chemotherapy treatment will watch an educational video.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Incorrect Responses	Post Intervention (Up to ten minutes)	The number of incorrect responses to the meaning of the six cancer treatment words will be collected after watching the educational video.
Number of Correct Responses	Post Intervention (Up to ten minutes)	The number of correct responses to the meaning of the six cancer treatment words will be collected after watching the educational video.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Grady Health System; 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States