Improving African American Glaucoma Patient Involvement in Visits and Outcomes

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Glaucoma

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational Video and Question Prompt List

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT03657147

17-0688

1R01HS025370-01 (U.S. AHRQ Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a research project about services provided to African American patients with glaucoma. The goal of the project is to improve communication between providers and African-American patients about glaucoma.

Enrollment: 189 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• African American
• Age 18 or older
• Able to speak and read English
• Mentally competent to participate
• Not blind (are at least 20/400 in their better seeing eye)
• On one or more glaucoma medications
• Report being less than 80% adherent to their glaucoma medications on a Visual Analog Scale

Exclusion criteria

• < 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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189 participants in 2 patient groups

Question Prompt List and Video

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will watch an educational video and question prompt list will be provided. Glaucoma visits will be audio-taped. A 15-20-minute interview will be conducted after the visit by a research assistant.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational Video and Question Prompt List

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

The usual care group will not receive any intervention. Glaucoma visits will be audio-taped. A 15-20-minute interview will be conducted after the visit by a research assistant.