Assessing the Effectiveness of a Health Literacy Intervention in the Workplace

Sponsor
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01103986
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a health literacy/motivational intervention in a workplace setting. Parents will be taught how to use a child health book to lessen inappropriate use of physician services and improve parent confidence in their ability to identify and obtain necessary assistance when their children are ill.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: Motivational/health literacy education (Test group)
N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
52 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose:
Health Services Research
Official Title:
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Health Literacy Intervention in the Workplace: A Quasi-experimental Pre-post Randomized Controlled Study
Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2010
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Nov 1, 2010
Actual Study Completion Date :
Nov 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group

Experimental: motivational/ health literacy education

Behavioral: Motivational/health literacy education (Test group)
Attend a 1-hour class to learn how to use the book "What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick."

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. number of non emergency room clinician visits [within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class]

    Determine if parents/primary caregivers' attendance at a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer non-emergency room clinician visits for their children.

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. number of emergency department visits [within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class]

    To determine if parents/primary caregivers attending a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer emergency department visits

  2. pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency. [within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class]

    To assess feelings of parents/primary caregiver competence in appropriately managing their children's illnesses using pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  • currently employed at the Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, MO or KS, or working under contract

  • parent/legally authorized representative/primary care giver taking care of a child birth to 12 years old

Exclusion Criteria:
  • non-English speaking and reading

  • under 18 years old unless a minor parent

  • a medical or nursing degree (MD, DO, Physician's Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, RN or LPN)

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Kansas City Missouri United States 64108

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Nancy A Neilan, MT (ASCP), Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

Responsible Party:
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01103986
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 0912-255X
First Posted:
Apr 15, 2010
Last Update Posted:
Dec 17, 2020
Last Verified:
Dec 1, 2020

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 17, 2020