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CompletedNCT01119183Updated Jun 13, 2022

Improving Patient Understanding of Preeclampsia

An interventional study of ACOG education pamphlet on preeclampsia and Preeclampsia education tool in Preeclampsia, sponsored by Northwestern University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-06-13.

Sponsored by Northwestern University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 40 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Participants counseled with the preeclampsia educational tool will have a better understanding of preeclampsia than those not counseled using the tool.

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Conditions studied

  • Preeclampsia

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Keywords

  • Patient understanding and counseling
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In context

Pre-Eclampsia

882 studies on the registry are indexed under Pre-Eclampsia; 237 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 120 is close to the median of 110 across 468 interventional studies indexed under Pre-Eclampsia.

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Lead sponsor

Northwestern University is the lead sponsor of 1,396 studies on the registry; 199 are open to participants now.

Of its 102 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 73 (72%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 40 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • 12-40 weeks pregnant
  • No significant hearing or vision impairment
  • English speaking

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active diagnosis of preeclampsia
  • Significant hearing or vision impairment
  • Non-English speaking
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
120 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    1
  • Active comparator
    2

    Behavioral: ACOG education pamphlet on preeclampsia

  • Experimental
    3

    Behavioral: Preeclampsia education tool

Interventions

  • BehavioralACOG education pamphlet on preeclampsia

    The ACOG pamphlet on preeclampsia will be offered to this group

  • BehavioralPreeclampsia education tool

    The newly created preeclampsia educational tool will be offered to this group

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Improved understanding of preeclampsia

    Understanding of preeclampsia will be assessed through a questionnaire that asks a series of closed ended questions about preeclampsia as well as a single open ended question. This questionnaire has been used in a prior study and has proven to be a useful assessment of patient knowledge.

    Time frame: one week

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Study locations

1 site
  • Northwestern University
    Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • You WB, Wolf MS, Bailey SC, Grobman WA. Improving patient understanding of preeclampsia: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 May;206(5):431.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.03.006. Epub 2012 Mar 13. PubMed 22542120 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 13, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01119183
Lead sponsor
Northwestern University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 7, 2010
Start date
Apr 2010
Primary completion
Jul 2010
Completion
Jul 2010
Last update
Jun 13, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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