Status:
COMPLETED
Educational and Supportive Interventions to Prevent Cardiopulmonary Rehospitalization
Lead Sponsor:
Boston Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Conditions:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study will use a comprehensive hospital discharge toolkit to implement up-to-date guidelines for cardiopulmonary diseases. The study will also include a computer-based patient-education program a...
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND: Limited health literacy is prevalent in America and has been identified as a cross-cutting priority area for transforming health care quality. This study will explore the effect of innova...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Admitted to the general medical service at Boston Medical Center (BMC)
- Desires to be hospitalized in the future if there is a clinical need
- Able to communicate in English with health providers
Exclusion
- Transferred from an outside hospital or a specialty services at BMC (e.g., orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, general surgery, or psychiatry)
- Requires hospice, nursing home, or other institutional settings
- Vision that is inadequate to discern the computer-based education and self-management support system
- Hearing that is inadequate to use a telephone
- Unable to independently consent
- Scheduled admission (e.g. for surgery)
- Has sickle cell disease
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
832 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00217867
Start Date
October 1 2008
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
July 28 2017
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Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118