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CVD Nutrition Modules Tailored to Low Literacy Skills

NCT00005724 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 369

Last updated 2017-04-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To develop cardiovascular disease nutrition modules tailored to subjects with low literacy skills.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Computer Program Intervention Group

A user-friendly, interactive computer program providing dietary counseling tailored to the needs of the participant.

OTHER

Minimal Intervention Group

Dietary Information pamphlets.

BEHAVIORAL

Health Counselor Intervention Group

Food for Heart Program - a structured diet treatment program for low income patients with high cholesterol, given by a health counselor at 4 treatment visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Keyserling, MD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1991-08-31
Primary Completion
1995-07-31
Completion
1996-07-31

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