Improving Care for Primary Care Patients With Diabetes and Poor Literacy and Numeracy Skills

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

The aim of this research will be to perform a small randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a new diabetes educational intervention that teaches self-management skills that compensate for poor numeracy skills among a sample of primary care patients with type 2 diabetes and low literacy and/or numeracy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00469105

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

110

Starts

2006-12-01

Expected to finish

2008-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-04-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
• most recent A1C >= 7.5%
• Referred to the Diabetes Care Program for diabetes care
• Age 18-85; 5. English Speaking.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with corrected visual Acuity >20/50 using a Rosenbaum Pocket Vision Screener
• Patients with a diagnosis of significant dementia, psychosis, or blindness.

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, General Medicine Clinic — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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