Learning Theory Patient Education for Anticoagulants

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Begins enrollment in 1 month

Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Treatments: Behavioral: Control Group: Standard of Care; Behavioral: Anticoagulation Educational Materials

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06138184

K23HL157751 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

IRB_00146488

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to test the feasibility of a randomized control trial evaluating the educational tool for anticoagulated patients.

Participants will be randomized to use new educational materials or current existing educational materials and answer survey questions.

Full description

Eligible patients will be randomized using stratified block randomization to control for the type of anticoagulant (warfarin vs. DOAC) and status (naïve vs. experienced) to either the education intervention from Aim 2 or standard of care Data will be collected via online surveys before the intervention, immediately after, and then 3 months after the intervention.

Patients at the University of Utah Thrombosis Clinic will be recruited.

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• initiating (naïve) or currently taking (experienced) oral anticoagulants with an anticipated treatment duration of at least three months
• Experienced patients will be eligible if they score less than 75% on the Anticoagulation Knowledge Test

Exclusion criteria

• Deficits in cognitive abilities, sensory input, or language significant enough to impede their use of the education tool and/or provision of written informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard Educational process

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control Group: Standard of Care

Education Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

New educational intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Anticoagulation Educational Materials