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Impact of Literacy Level on Patient Education and Health Among People With Arthritis

NCT00023205 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 134

Last updated 2013-12-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People with poor literacy may have worse health and less knowledge about how to manage their disease than patients at high reading levels. Patients with arthritis usually receive information on how to manage their disease that is written at an 11th grade reading level. The purpose of this study is to compare the health outcomes of patients with arthritis given either standard 11th grade level materials or interactive, in-person arthritis education along with materials written at a lower reading level.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

11th grade reading level arthritis materials

BEHAVIORAL

Interactive in-person arthritis education

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    collaborator NIH

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Matthew H. Liang, MD, MPH · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-30
Primary Completion
2006-08-31
Completion
2006-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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