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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00399880
Improving Medication Adherence Through Graphically Enhanced Interventions in Acute Coronary Syndromes (IMAGE-ACS)
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Most people who die from CHD die of a heart attack. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a term that includes mild heart attacks, as well as other episodes of chest pain that may serve as a warning sign for an upcoming heart attack.
There are many medicines that can help prevent and treat ACS. However, at least 25% of patients don't take their medications as prescribed. When patients don't take their medications, we say they are noncompliant or nonadherent with the treatment.
The period following hospital discharge is a vulnerable time for many patients. Patients are often confused about what to do when they return home from the hospital. Many patients don't take their medications correctly, or they don't take them at all. Patients with poor literacy skills have more trouble than others, because it is harder for them to follow written instructions. Overall, about half of the adults in the U.S. have poor literacy skills. It is important to develop ways to help these adults manage their health better.
The purposes of this research project are 1) to learn more about the relationship between low literacy and medication adherence after hospital discharge, and 2) to test a strategy designed to help patients take their medicines more regularly. We will recruit consenting patients hospitalized with ACS. We will measure their literacy skills, ask questions about how they take their medicines, and measure other related factors like social support and self-efficacy. Patients will then be assigned to 1 of 2 groups. One group will receive only usual care at hospital discharge, which usually includes the nurse and physician briefly reviewing the medication prescriptions. The other group will receive an illustrated daily medication schedule and special, tailored counseling from a pharmacist at their time of discharge. About 1 week after patients leave the hospital we will contact them by phone to ask them questions about how they have been taking their medicines. We will get data from patients records for 6 months to see if the intervention had an impact on their medication compliance, blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes measurements.
If this study is successful, this simple strategy could be implemented by hospitals to improve medication compliance after discharge. This study will also provide more information about how patients' literacy skills affect their medication compliance.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Georgia
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
- Grady Memorial Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Present with acute chest pain or angina equivalent, lasting ≥ 10 minutes of suspected ischemic origin, within the previous 24 hours of presentation to the hospital.
PLUS
Patient must have documented objective evidence of myocardial ischemia based on a or b:
EKG changes in ≥ 2 contiguous leads shown by:
* Transient (< 30 min) ST-segment elevation of ≥ 1.0mm
OR
* Transient or persistent ST-segment depression of ≥ 0.5mm (flat or downsloping at the J-point and at 80ms after the J-point)
OR
* Persistent T-wave inversion of ≥ 2.0mm
Abnormal elevation of cardiac enzymes
* Elevation of creating kinase (CK) and creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB)
OR
* Elevation of troponin
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previously enrolled in the study
- Police custody
- Corrected visual acuity worse than 20/60
- Lack of cooperation
- Severe hearing impairment
- Too ill to participate
- Unintelligible speech
- Age younger than 18 years
- Native language other than English
- Psychotic illness
- Caregiver administers all medications
- Delirium/severe dementia
- Does not fill prescriptions at Grady
- No regular telephone/address
- Not taking chronic medications prior to admission
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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No Intervention: Usual care
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Experimental: Health literacy intervention
Illustrated medication schedules, pill boxes, pharmacist counseling
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Illustrated medication schedules, pill boxes, pharmacist counseling
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale (ARMS)
Time Frame: Approximately 2 weeks after hospital discharge
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Validated self-report measure of medication adherence.
Possible range 12-48, with lower values indicating better adherence.
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Approximately 2 weeks after hospital discharge
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Self-Efficacy for Appropriate Medication Use Scale (SEAMS)
Time Frame: Approximately 2 weeks after hospital discharge
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Validated measure of confidence in taking medications correctly.
Possible range 13-39, with higher values indicating greater confidence.
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Approximately 2 weeks after hospital discharge
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, Vanderbilt University 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
- 00000116
- K23HL077597 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
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