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Impact of Information Prescriptions on Medication Adherence in Emergency Department (ED) Patients

NCT01174706 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3940

Last updated 2018-08-21

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Summary

The main objectives of this research are:

1. To identify factors that influence medication adherence rates in Emergency Department (ED) patients.
2. To measure the effects of alternative information prescriptions on medication adherence rates of ED patients.
3. To measure the effects of alternative information prescriptions (IRxs) on health and service utilization.

Conditions

  • Patient Compliance
  • Medication Adherence
  • Medication Non-Adherence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Information prescriptions

One arm will receive usual care at discharge. The other three arms will receive practical assistance and/or an information prescription which will consist of written information from Medline Plus and access to a clinical informationist if subject has additional information needs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Melissa L McCarthy, ScD · Associate Professor

  • Nancy Roderer, MLS · Professor and Director of the Welch Medical Library

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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