Status:

COMPLETED

Using Multimedia Patient Feedback to Reduce Disparities in VA Healthcare

Lead Sponsor:

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Conditions:

Primary Care

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The proposed research will provide important insight into two serious problems for veterans' healthcare: 1) mixed effectiveness of communication improvement interventions in the VA to date, and 2) per...

Detailed Description

The proposed research will provide important insight into two serious problems for veterans' healthcare: 1) mixed effectiveness of communication improvement interventions in the VA to date, and 2) per...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Any patient included in the regular panel of a participating physician at either study site who is a returning patient for that physician. Since 2 of the patient perceptual measures included require the pre-existence of a relationship with a specific physician, we will only enroll patients who have been seen by their physician before.

Exclusion

  • Physical disabilities that prohibit unassisted participation in research protocol:
  • legal blindness
  • dementia
  • severe post-traumatic stress disorder
  • schizophrenic disorder
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • bipolar disorder
  • and severe anxiety and/or mood disorders (must be documented in patient's medical record or attested to by patient, physician or charge nurse).
  • Also, no patients new to VA primary care or to a given participating physician will be enrolled.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

369 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00914485

Start Date

December 1 2009

End Date

March 1 2013

Last Update

April 27 2015

Active Locations (2)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (2 locations)

1

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112

2

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030