PALS for Nutrition Education
Not Applicable
Withdrawn
- Conditions
- Nutrition Disorders
- Interventions
- Other: Educational Tool, PALSOther: WebMD
- Registration Number
- NCT04196517
- Lead Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Brief Summary
The overall goal of this inquiry is to determine whether PALS is more effective than comparable online resources at educating patients in the outpatient clinic setting about nutrition. Participants will be randomly assigned to view either a PALS article or WebMD article on the same nutrition topic. Participants will then fill out a post-survey to assess knowledge uptake and attitudes regarding healthy eating.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
- Patient ≥ 18 years of age.
- Ability to speak and read in English.
- Passing the screener - Mini-Mental Status Examination.
- Patient at WCIMA clinic on Upper East Side of Manhattan, NY.
Exclusion Criteria
- Non-English speakers
- Inability to read in English
- Being younger than 18
- Not passing the screener
- Not a patient at WCIMA clinic on Upper East Side of Manhattan, NY.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Arm 1 - PALS Educational Tool, PALS The Patient Activated Learning System (Palsforhealth.com) Arm 2 - WebMD WebMD WebMD.com
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knowledge, as measured by assessment questions on the nutrition information provided Day 1, Immediately after reading article
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method E-health usability, as measured by questions from the Kelly et al. scale Day 1, Immediately after reading article Questions to understand the user's understanding, preference and trust of the information based on a 5-point likert scale with 5 being strongly agree in favor.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Weill Cornell Medicine
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States