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A Patient Advocate and Literacy-Based Treatment of Asthma

NCT01128348 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2013-03-20

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Summary

Half of US adults have no more than basic reading and numerical skills. A consequence is inadequate health literacy, which is associated with unsatisfactory patient-provider communication and poor health outcomes in chronic diseases, including asthma. We have adapted a patient navigator intervention to address asthma in high risk communities as a practical, immediate, and sustainable method of achieving effective health literacy in patients low health literacy. This intervention will lead to improved adherence and asthma control, attenuating health disparities so marked in asthma. It is compared for efficacy and cost-effectiveness with asthma education.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

patient advocate

patient advocate works with patient to navigate practice and social barriers and to facilitate patient-provider communication

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Andrea J Apter, MD, MSc, MA · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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