CALS Patient Activated Learning System (PALS)

Sponsor

Cornell University (Other)

Overall Status

Enrolling by invitation

CT.gov ID

NCT04212117

Collaborator

(none)

232

Enrollment

Location

Arms

45.4

Anticipated Duration (Months)

5.1

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The overall goal in this line of inquiry is to test whether the Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) is effective in reducing disparities in access to reliable, easily understood health information, and whether this increased understanding has downstream consequences such as increases in trust in the medical system and self-management behaviors.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Communication Trust Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice	Other: The Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) Other: WebMD	N/A

Detailed Description

Participants will view, in randomized order, PALS or WebMD content on hypertension and on high cholesterol. This study will test knowledge uptake across topics as well as attitudes toward and trust in the information and information providers.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

232 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Health Services Research

Official Title:

Can the Digital Patient Activated Learning System Increase Racial Minority Engagement With Health Information? A Multi-Site Pilot Examination in New York State

Actual Study Start Date :

Feb 18, 2020

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2022

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Other: Arm 1 - Educational Platform, PALS The Patient Activated Learning System is a free, health education platform written bu trusted MDs.	Other: The Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) Randomization into PALS arm.
Other: Arm 2 - WebMD WebMD is a widely used educational platform for health information.	Other: WebMD Randomization into WebMD arm.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Other: Arm 1 - Educational Platform, PALS

The Patient Activated Learning System is a free, health education platform written bu trusted MDs.

Other: The Patient Activated Learning System (PALS)

Randomization into PALS arm.

Other: Arm 2 - WebMD

WebMD is a widely used educational platform for health information.

Other: WebMD

Randomization into WebMD arm.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Knowledge [Day 1, Immediately after reading article]
as measured by assessment questions on the nutrition information provided
Trust in eHealth [Day 1, Immediately after reading article]
as measured by e-Health Impact Questionnaire by Kelly et al. on a 5-point likert scale where one is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
E-health usability [Day 1, Immediately after reading article]
as measured by e-Health Impact Questionnaire scale by Harris et al. on a 5-point likert scale where one is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
Physician trust [Day 1, Immediately after reading article]
as measured by assessment questions from Wake Forest Physician Trust Scale on a 5-point likert scale where one is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Patient ≥ 18 years of age.
Self-reported hypertension diagnosis.
English speaking
Passing the cognition screener
Able to read in English
Patient at designated recruitment clinics

Exclusion Criteria:

Non-English speakers
Not having self-identified as having hypertension
Inability to read in English
Being younger than 18
Not passing the screener
Not being a patient on the participating clinics

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Weill Cornell Medicine	New York	New York	United States	10021

Sponsors and Collaborators

Cornell University

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Neil Lewis, PhD, Cornell University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Cornell University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT04212117

Other Study ID Numbers:

19-08020714

First Posted:

Dec 26, 2019

Last Update Posted:

Mar 22, 2022

Last Verified:

Mar 1, 2022

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 22, 2022