- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00217867
Educational and Supportive Interventions to Prevent Cardiopulmonary Rehospitalization
A RCT to Reduce Cardiopulmonary Rehospitalization
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND:
Limited health literacy is prevalent in America and has been identified as a cross-cutting priority area for transforming health care quality. This study will explore the effect of innovative patient-education and self-management systems on early rehospitalization for patients admitted to a general medical service.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
This is a two-armed randomized study of patients with chronic cardiopulmonary diseases in three levels of health literacy. Patients will be tested with the 66 word version of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) test to allow us to analyze the data according to literacy categories ( 6th grade, 7th-8th grade, and 9th grade). Patients will be randomized to one of the following groups: 1) standard discharge (control group); 2) a experimental group receiving both the case management intervention plus educational and self-management support by Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) and post-discharge reinforcement of the discharge plan using a computerized telephone system
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Massachusetts
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
- Boston Medical Center
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Admitted to the general medical service at Boston Medical Center (BMC)
- Desires to be hospitalized in the future if there is a clinical need
- Able to communicate in English with health providers
Exclusion Criteria:
- Transferred from an outside hospital or a specialty services at BMC (e.g., orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, general surgery, or psychiatry)
- Requires hospice, nursing home, or other institutional settings
- Vision that is inadequate to discern the computer-based education and self-management support system
- Hearing that is inadequate to use a telephone
- Unable to independently consent
- Scheduled admission (e.g. for surgery)
- Has sickle cell disease
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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No Intervention: 1
Usual Care, defined as the usual hospital discharge process as delivered by nurses and doctors.
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Experimental: 2
Use of animated computerized character to prepare subjects for discharge by reviewing information provided to subjects in a printed After Hospital Care Plan packet, followed by telephone system to reinforce the discharge.
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Animated character will teach the discharge plan before discharge, then this teaching will be reinforced by computerized telephone system.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Rehospitalization
Time Frame: Measured at 30 days
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Measured at 30 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Subject satisfaction with intervention and hospital experience
Time Frame: Measured at discharge and 30 days
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Measured at discharge and 30 days
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Subject readiness for discharge
Time Frame: Measured at 30 days
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Measured at 30 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Brian Jack, MD, Boston Medical Center
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- H-25057
- R01HL081307 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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