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)
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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