The Medication Experience Study

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elevated Cholesterol; Hypertension; Diabetes; Depression

Treatments: Other: Internet Survey

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01702883

IRB00020789

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether participation in an Internet-based intervention helps improve medication use.

Enrollment: 186 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any male or female 18 years or older, filling prescriptions for oral medications for hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, or depression at the Downtown Health Plaza, Piedmont Plaza, or Cancer Center Pharmacies.

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to complete Internet surveys due to inadequate Internet access, not understanding a survey written in English, or lack of computer skills.
• Patient does not intend to continue using the same WFBMC-affiliated pharmacy for the next 12 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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186 participants in 4 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Randomization occurs after enrollment survey has been completed. This group will not receive the internet intervention for the twelve months. They will be asked to complete the final survey.

Intervention Group A

Experimental group

Description:

Randomization occurs after enrollment survey has been completed. Upon secondary randomization at week eight, this group will continue to receive weekly internet surveys for the entire twelve months. They will be asked to complete the final survey.

Treatment:

Other: Internet Survey

Intervention Group B

Experimental group

Description:

Randomization occurs after enrollment survey has been completed. This group will complete weekly internet surveys for eight weeks. Upon secondary randomization at week eight, this group will begin to receive monthly internet surveys. They will be asked to complete the final survey.

Treatment:

Other: Internet Survey

Intervention Group C

Experimental group

Description:

Randomization occurs after enrollment survey has been completed. This group will complete weekly internet surveys for eight weeks. Upon secondary randomization at week eight, the group will not receive any more internet surveys. They will be asked to complete the final survey.

Treatment:

Other: Internet Survey