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NCT Number: NCT01618461

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Understanding of Medication Instructions Recall of Medication Instructions

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Saint Thomas Family Health Center - South, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Fluency in English or Spanish
  • Manage their own prescription medicines, and
  • Be taking at least one chronic medication

Exclusion criteria

  • 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

Treatment and study plan

Drug indication icons

Behavioral

Icons illustrate the purpose of each medication

Structured instructions

Behavioral

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

Primary outcomes

  1. Understanding of medication instructions

    Time frame: Within 10-20 minutes

    Participants' ability to state the drug indication

Secondary outcomes

  1. Recall of medication instructions

    Time frame: Within 10-20 minutes

    Participants' ability to recall the instructions after viewing a series of medications

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

PictureRx, LLC

Other

Collaborators

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

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Jun 13, 2012
Registry last updated
Jun 13, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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