Gout in the ED and Improving Research Participation

Part of paid clinical trials in Birmingham, Alabama.

Sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Study ID
NCT04075903
Status
Active Not Recruiting

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Storytelling — BEHAVIORAL
    A health literacy-appropriate and culturally-adapted intervention delivered on a tablet computer containing "storytelling" to improve patient gout knowledge and approaches to prevent flares, destigmatize gout, and enhance readiness to adopt available long-term treatments for gout including medications, diet, and exercise, or ii) usual gout care (control state).

Study Details

The prevalence of gout has been steadily increasing over several decades and is correlated with the rising burden of obesity, chronic cardiac and renal disease; all conditions overrepresented in the Southeastern U.S. - particularly in African Americans. Through a novel emergency department led intervention we aim to improve the care patients with gout receive, both during acute exacerbations and long-term. A secondary goal of the project is to concurrently enhance participation of minorities in biomedical research in the Deep South.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 1, 2021
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Sep 20, 2024
Completion
Jul 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
200 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention
    Storytelling A health literacy-appropriate and culturally-adapted intervention delivered on a tablet computer containing "storytelling" to improve patient gout knowledge and approaches to prevent flares, destigmatize gout, and enhance readiness to adopt available long-term treatments for gout including medications, diet, and exercise, or ii) usual gout care (control state).
  • No Intervention: Control
    Usual Care

Primary Outcome Measure

Outpatient Primary Care or Specialist Visits for Gout Treatment [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

Locations (4)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabama35294-
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsIowa CityIowa52242-
Massachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusetts02114-
MetroHealth Medical CenterClevelandOhio44109-

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