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Educational and Supportive Interventions to Prevent Cardiopulmonary Rehospitalization

NCT00217867 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 832

Last updated 2017-07-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will use a comprehensive hospital discharge toolkit to implement up-to-date guidelines for cardiopulmonary diseases. The study will also include a computer-based patient-education program and a telephone-based post-discharge program, both designed for individuals with limited health literacy. The purpose of this study is to reduce early hospital readmission.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Animated character intervention with telephone follow-up

Animated character will teach the discharge plan before discharge, then this teaching will be reinforced by computerized telephone system.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Jack, MD · Boston Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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