PictureRx: An Intervention to Reduce Latino Health Disparities (Supplement: Medical Icons)
1 other identifier
interventional
200
1 country
2
Brief 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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jun 2011
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 11, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 13, 2012
CompletedJune 13, 2012
June 1, 2012
1 month
June 11, 2012
June 11, 2012
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Understanding of medication instructions
Participants' ability to state the drug indication
Within 10-20 minutes
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Recall of medication instructions
Within 10-20 minutes
Study Arms (4)
Text instructions
NO INTERVENTIONMedication instructions displayed in text format
Drug indication icons
EXPERIMENTALIcons illustrate the purpose of each medication
Structured instructions
EXPERIMENTALGraphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken
Icons + Structured instructions
EXPERIMENTALIcons illustrate the purpose of each medication, and a graphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken
Interventions
Icons illustrate the purpose of each medication
Graphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Be at least 18 years old
- Fluency in English or Spanish
- Manage their own prescription medicines, and
- Be taking at least one chronic medication
You may not qualify if:
- Too ill to complete the experiment
- Having visual acuity worse than 20/50 via Rosenbaum Visual Acuity exam (eyechart)
- Inability to communicate in either Spanish or English
- Overt psychiatric illnesses, overt delirium or dementia
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (2)
Saint Thomas Family Health Center - West
Nashville, Tennessee, 37209, United States
Saint Thomas Family Health Center - South
Nashville, Tennessee, 37211, United States
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
M Brian Riley, MA
PictureRx, LLC
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- FACTORIAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Director of Research
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 11, 2012
First Posted
June 13, 2012
Study Start
June 1, 2011
Primary Completion
July 1, 2011
Study Completion
July 1, 2011
Last Updated
June 13, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-06