Clinical trial · Interventional
Health Education in Improving the Understanding of Medical Information
Randomized Trial of a Primer to Help Patients Understand Risk
NCT00387998CI-TRIAL-00011969completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Understanding the risk of disease and prevention and screening activities to lower disease risk may help individuals make informed medical decisions. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well health education materials help participants understand medical information.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific | Adult Solid Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.85 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHRQ staying healthy booklet | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Risk primer | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Risk primer
- description
- Booklet written by investigators "know your chances"
- interventionNames
- Other: Risk primer
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control booklet
- description
- AHRQ staying healthy booklet
- interventionNames
- Other: AHRQ staying healthy booklet
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Ability to interpret medical statistics as measured by a medical data interpretation test
- timeFrame
- 2 weeks
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 35 Years
- Maximum age
- 79 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* Meets 1 of the following criteria:
* High socioeconomic status
* Attended Dartmouth Community Medical School in the past
* Low socioeconomic status
* Veteran or family member enrolled in a Veteran Affairs clinic
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* English speaking
* No more than 1 participant per household
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* Not specifiedReferences
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDWoloshin S, Schwartz LM, Welch HG. The effectiveness of a primer to help people understand risk: two randomized trials in distinct populations. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Feb 20;146(4):256-65. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-4-200702200-00004. PMID 17310049