Syphilis Video Tool to Promote Knowledge and Testing in the ED
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00552539 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: November 2, 2007
Last Update Posted
: November 2, 2007
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Syphilis | Other: 'educational video' | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 220 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Factorial Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Video Tool to Promote Syphilis Knowledge and Testing in the Emergency Department |
Study Start Date : | June 2006 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | August 2006 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
pre test survey, educational video, post test survey
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Other: 'educational video'
'educational video'
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No Intervention: 2
no intervention
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Experimental: 3
educational video and post test survey
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Other: 'educational video'
'educational video'
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No Intervention: 4
post test survey
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- The primary outcome was the score on a 10-question measure designed to assess knowledge attained from the educational video. [ Time Frame: 20 minutes ]
- A secondary outcome was the decision to be tested for syphilis. [ Time Frame: 20 minutes ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 55 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged 18-55 years of age were eligible only if they spoke English or Spanish.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients were excluded if clinically unstable, unarousable, hearing impaired or visually impaired despite corrected lens.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00552539
United States, New York | |
Jacobi Medical Center | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10461 |
Principal Investigator: | Yvette Calderon, MD, MS | Jacobi Medical Center | |
Principal Investigator: | John P Sanchez, MD, MPH | Jacobi Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00552539 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
06431 |
First Posted: | November 2, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 2, 2007 |
Last Verified: | October 2007 |
Keywords provided by Jacobi Medical Center:
syphilis educational video knowledge black Hispanic |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Syphilis Treponemal Infections Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial |
Spirochaetales Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Infection Genital Diseases, Male Genital Diseases, Female |