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PALS for Nutrition Education

Not Applicable
Withdrawn
Conditions
Nutrition Disorders
Interventions
Other: Educational Tool, PALS
Other: 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WITHDRAWN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
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm 1 - PALSEducational Tool, PALSThe Patient Activated Learning System (Palsforhealth.com)
Arm 2 - WebMDWebMDWebMD.com
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Knowledge, as measured by assessment questions on the nutrition information providedDay 1, Immediately after reading article
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
E-health usability, as measured by questions from the Kelly et al. scaleDay 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

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New York, New York, United States

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