Impact of Literacy Level on Patient Education and Health Among People With Arthritis

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Polyarthritis

In brief

People with poor literacy may have worse health and less knowledge about how to manage their disease than patients at high reading levels. Patients with arthritis usually receive information on how to manage their disease that is written at an 11th grade reading level. The purpose of this study is to compare the health outcomes of patients with arthritis given either standard 11th grade level materials or interactive, in-person arthritis education along with materials written at a lower reading level.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00023205

Run by

Brigham and Women's Hospital

People needed

134

Starts

2002-11-01

Expected to finish

2006-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-12-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Native English speaker
• Patient at the Rheumatology Clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
• Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or seronegative polyarthritis

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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