Syphilis
Conditions
Keywords
syphilis, educational video, knowledge, black, Hispanic
Brief summary
The objective of this study is to determine whether the Syphilis and Men educational video can be a useful tool to increase syphilis knowledge and testing among English and Spanish-speaking urgent care and emergency department patients, regardless of various self-reported characteristics that increase their risk for syphilis infection.
Detailed description
A randomized four-group intervention-control Solomon design was implemented with Group 1 participants receiving a pre-test survey, the educational video intervention, and a post-test survey; Group 2 the pre-test and post-test surveys; Group 3 the video intervention and a post-test survey; and Group 4 the post-test survey. This design was selected to assess the effect of the video in increasing syphilis knowledge while controlling for the influence of the pre-test instrument in potentially sensitizing participants to key facts. A computer-generated randomization list was created and used to assign patients to groups.
Interventions
OTHER'educational video'
'educational video'
Sponsors
Public Health Solutions
Jacobi Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patients aged 18-55 years of age were eligible only if they spoke English or Spanish.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients were excluded if clinically unstable, unarousable, hearing impaired or visually impaired despite corrected lens.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome was the score on a 10-question measure designed to assess knowledge attained from the educational video. | 20 minutes |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A secondary outcome was the decision to be tested for syphilis. | 20 minutes |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed