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Adolescent Knowledge of Their Medications

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Brooke Army Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00717327
First received: July 15, 2008
Last updated: June 24, 2009
Last verified: June 2009
History of Changes
  Purpose

Do adolescents know about their medications?


Condition Intervention
Subjects' Understanding of Prescribed Medications
 Other: Counseling for subjects who do not know their medications

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Official Title: Medication Reconciliation List and Adolescent Functional Health Literacy

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Health Literacy
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Brooke Army Medical Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Subjects' ability to identify name and purpose of medication. [ Time Frame: Clinic visit ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment: 384
Study Start Date: July 2008
Study Completion Date: May 2009
Primary Completion Date: May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Other: Counseling for subjects who do not know their medications
    Physician interviewer will provide counseling to subjects who indicate through answers that they do not know their medication names.
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   12 Years to 23 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

Adolescents enrolled in an primary care clinc.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 23 who are able to answer questions regarding their prescribed medications (no receptive or expressive disability)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescents outside age range of 12 and 23 who have receptive and/or expressive disability
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00717327

Locations
United States, Texas
Brooke Army Medical Center Adolescent Clinic
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78234
Sponsors and Collaborators
Brooke Army Medical Center
Investigators
Study Director: Chistopher C Dillon, MD Brooke Army Medical Center Adolescent Clinic
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Dr. Kasi M. Chu, Brooke Army Medical Center Adolescent Clinic
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00717327     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: C.2008.155
Study First Received: July 15, 2008
Last Updated: June 24, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Brooke Army Medical Center:
MRL
Adolescents
Health Literacy

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013