Health Literacy in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
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| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00508716 |
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Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 30, 2007
Results First Posted : March 25, 2015
Last Update Posted : April 15, 2015
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| Study Type | Interventional |
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| Study Design | Allocation: Randomized; Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment; Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor); Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Condition |
Congestive Heart Failure |
| Intervention |
Behavioral: Health Literacy-Tailored Education |
| Enrollment | 124 |
| Recruitment Details | Recruited from inpatients at a small community Hospital March 1, 2007-July 31 2010. |
| Pre-assignment Details |
| Arm/Group Title | Usual Care | Tailored Low Health Literacy Intervention |
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 Arm/Group Description |
Usual Care - Education about CHF by Primary Nurse on discharge. No teach-back is used in this arm. |
Tailored Intervention for patients with low health literacy and nurse-directed teachback: Educational leaflet which has been developed for low-health literacy patients. Adminstered by dedicated Nurse-educator. Nurse-educator asks Patient for "teachback after Intervention". This means that the Patient repeats in his/her own words the Information received. Education ends once Patient has been able to repeat the Information back. Health Literacy-Tailored Education: Intervention group receives a visit from a nurse educator who, using the teach back method of educating patients, provides counseling on their disease methods of controlling their disease. A video is also viewed to reinforce the materials. |
| Period Title: Overall Study | ||
| Started | 61 | 63 |
| Completed | 61 | 63 |
| Not Completed | 0 | 0 |
| Arm/Group Title | Usual Care | Tailored Intervention for Patients With Low Health Literacy an | Total | |
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Arm/Group Description |
CHF Education by usual Nurse without teach-back or Video. |
Tailored Intervention for patients with low health literacy and nurse-directed teachback Health Literacy-Tailored Education: Intervention group receives a visit from a nurse educator who, using the teach back method of educating patients, provides counseling on their disease methods of controlling their disease. A video is also viewed to reinforce the materials. |
Total of all reporting groups | |
| Overall Number of Baseline Participants | 61 | 63 | 124 | |
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Baseline Analysis Population Description |
[Not Specified]
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Age, Categorical
Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants |
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| Number Analyzed | 61 participants | 63 participants | 124 participants | |
| <=18 years |
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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| Between 18 and 65 years |
17 27.9%
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20 31.7%
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37 29.8%
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| >=65 years |
44 72.1%
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43 68.3%
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87 70.2%
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Sex: Female, Male
Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants |
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| Number Analyzed | 61 participants | 63 participants | 124 participants | |
| Female |
35 57.4%
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30 47.6%
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65 52.4%
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| Male |
26 42.6%
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33 52.4%
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59 47.6%
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Region of Enrollment
Measure Type: Number Unit of measure: Participants |
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| United States | Number Analyzed | 61 participants | 63 participants | 124 participants |
| 61 | 63 | 124 | ||
| Name/Title: | Dr. Dorothea Wild |
| Organization: | Griffin Hospital |
| Phone: | 203 7327327 |
| EMail: | dwild@griffinhealth.org |
| Responsible Party: | Dorothea Wild, MD, Griffin Hospital |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00508716 |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
2007-03 |
| First Submitted: | July 26, 2007 |
| First Posted: | July 30, 2007 |
| Results First Submitted: | March 15, 2015 |
| Results First Posted: | March 25, 2015 |
| Last Update Posted: | April 15, 2015 |