CALS Patient Activated Learning System (PALS)

Cornell University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trust; Communication; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Treatments: Other: The Patient Activated Learning System (PALS); Other: WebMD

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04212117

19-08020714

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal in this line of inquiry is to test whether the Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) is effective in reducing disparities in access to reliable, easily understood health information, and whether this increased understanding has downstream consequences such as increases in trust in the medical system and self-management behaviors.

Full description

Participants will view, in randomized order, PALS or WebMD content on hypertension and on high cholesterol. This study will test knowledge uptake across topics as well as attitudes toward and trust in the information and information providers.

Enrollment: 232 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient ≥ 18 years of age.
• Self-reported hypertension diagnosis.
• English speaking
• Passing the cognition screener
• Able to read in English
• Patient at designated recruitment clinics

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speakers
• Not having self-identified as having hypertension
• Inability to read in English
• Being younger than 18
• Not passing the screener
• Not being a patient on the participating clinics

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

232 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm 1 - Educational Platform, PALS

Other group

Description:

The Patient Activated Learning System is a free, health education platform written bu trusted MDs.

Treatment:

Other: The Patient Activated Learning System (PALS)

Arm 2 - WebMD

Other group

Description:

WebMD is a widely used educational platform for health information.

Treatment:

Other: WebMD