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PictureRx: An Intervention to Reduce Latino Health Disparities (Supplement: Medical Icons)

NCT01618461 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2012-06-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Research shows that well-developed icons and other pictorials aid in the comprehension of medication information and are effective in improving patients' medication management. This experimental study seeks to test the effect of icons and structured medication information on subjects' processing and recall of simulated medication instructions in a computer testing environment. The study planned to enroll 200 subjects.

Conditions

  • Understanding of Medication Instructions
  • Recall of Medication Instructions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Drug indication icons

Icons illustrate the purpose of each medication

BEHAVIORAL

Structured instructions

Graphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • PictureRx, LLC

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • M Brian Riley, MA · PictureRx, LLC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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