PictureRx: An Intervention to Reduce Latino Health Disparities (Supplement: Medical Icons)

June 11, 2012 updated by: M Brian Riley, PictureRx, LLC
Research shows that well-developed icons and other pictorials aid in the comprehension of medication information and are effective in improving patients' medication management. This experimental study seeks to test the effect of icons and structured medication information on subjects' processing and recall of simulated medication instructions in a computer testing environment. The study planned to enroll 200 subjects.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

200

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37211
        • Saint Thomas Family Health Center - South
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37209
        • Saint Thomas Family Health Center - West

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Fluency in English or Spanish
  • Manage their own prescription medicines, and
  • Be taking at least one chronic medication

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Too ill to complete the experiment
  • Having visual acuity worse than 20/50 via Rosenbaum Visual Acuity exam (eyechart)
  • Inability to communicate in either Spanish or English
  • Overt psychiatric illnesses, overt delirium or dementia

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Text instructions
Medication instructions displayed in text format
Experimental: Drug indication icons
Icons illustrate the purpose of each medication
Behavioral: Drug indication icons
Icons illustrate the purpose of each medication
Experimental: Structured instructions
Graphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken
Behavioral: Structured instructions
Graphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken
Experimental: Icons + Structured instructions
Icons illustrate the purpose of each medication, and a graphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken
Behavioral: Drug indication icons
Icons illustrate the purpose of each medication
Behavioral: Structured instructions
Graphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Understanding of medication instructions
Time Frame: Within 10-20 minutes
Participants' ability to state the drug indication
Within 10-20 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Recall of medication instructions
Time Frame: Within 10-20 minutes
Participants' ability to recall the instructions after viewing a series of medications
Within 10-20 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

PictureRx, LLC

Collaborators

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: M Brian Riley, MA, PictureRx, LLC

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 11, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 11, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

June 13, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 13, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 11, 2012

Last Verified

June 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 3R43MD004048-02S1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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