Improving Patient Understanding of Preeclampsia

Northwestern University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Preeclampsia

Treatments: Behavioral: Preeclampsia education tool; Behavioral: ACOG education pamphlet on preeclampsia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01119183

STU00006039

Details and patient eligibility

About

Participants counseled with the preeclampsia educational tool will have a better understanding of preeclampsia than those not counseled using the tool.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 12-40 weeks pregnant
• No significant hearing or vision impairment
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Active diagnosis of preeclampsia
• Significant hearing or vision impairment
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

120 participants in 3 patient groups

1

No Intervention group

2

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: ACOG education pamphlet on preeclampsia

3

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Preeclampsia education tool