Randomized Trial of a Primer to Help Patients Understand Risk
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 555
- 主要终点
- Ability to interpret medical statistics as measured by a medical data interpretation test
研究概览
简要总结
RATIONALE: Understanding the risk of disease and prevention and screening activities to lower disease risk may help individuals make informed medical decisions.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well health education materials help participants understand medical information.
详细描述
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare medical data interpretation skills in participants of low or high socioeconomic status who receive a general education primer (entitled "Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics") vs a health education booklet (entitled "The Pocket Guide to Good Heath for Adults").
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, controlled study. Participants are stratified according to socioeconomic status (low vs high). Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 intervention arms.
- Arm I (control): Participants receive a health education booklet entitled "The Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults," published by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, which contains general information about disease risk and reducing risk by following recommended prevention or screening activities.
- Arm II (primer): Participants receive a general education primer entitled "Know your chances: Understanding health statistics," which teaches how to understand disease risk and the benefits and risks of intervention.
Within 2 weeks after receiving the education material, participants in both arms complete a survey, including a medical data interpretation test, STAT-interest, STAT-confidence, and user ratings of the education materials.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 盲法
- Single (Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 35 Years 至 79 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- •Meets 1 of the following criteria:
- •High socioeconomic status
- •Attended Dartmouth Community Medical School in the past
- •Low socioeconomic status
- •Veteran or family member enrolled in a Veteran Affairs clinic
- •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- •English speaking
- •No more than 1 participant per household
- •PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- •Not specified
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Risk primer
Booklet written by investigators "know your chances"
干预措施: Risk primer (Other)
Control booklet
AHRQ staying healthy booklet
干预措施: AHRQ staying healthy booklet (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Ability to interpret medical statistics as measured by a medical data interpretation test
时间窗: 2 weeks
medical data interpretation skills
次要结局
- Interest in interpreting medical statistics, as measured by STAT-interest(2 weeks)
- Confidence in interpreting medical statistics, measured by STAT-confidence(2 weeks)
- User ratings of materials(2 weeks)