PALS for Nutrition Education

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Nutrition Disorders

Treatments: Other: Educational Tool, PALS; Other: WebMD

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04196517

19-11021133

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal of this inquiry is to determine whether PALS is more effective than comparable online resources at educating patients in the outpatient clinic setting about nutrition. Participants will be randomly assigned to view either a PALS article or WebMD article on the same nutrition topic. Participants will then fill out a post-survey to assess knowledge uptake and attitudes regarding healthy eating.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient ≥ 18 years of age.
• Ability to speak and read in English.
• Passing the screener - Mini-Mental Status Examination.
• Patient at WCIMA clinic on Upper East Side of Manhattan, NY.

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speakers
• Inability to read in English
• Being younger than 18
• Not passing the screener
• Not a patient at WCIMA clinic on Upper East Side of Manhattan, NY.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm 1 - PALS

Experimental group

Description:

The Patient Activated Learning System (Palsforhealth.com)

Treatment:

Other: Educational Tool, PALS

Arm 2 - WebMD

Experimental group

Description:

WebMD.com

Treatment:

Other: WebMD