Storytelling for Reducing Gap in Anticoagulation Use in African Americans With Atrial Fibrillation

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, WORCESTER · Aug 11, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This is a multi-site research study including sites of both the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass Memorial Healthcare System) and the University of Michigan Medical Center (Michigan).

Baseline call: During the baseline call, the investigators will obtain verbal informed consent. During the call, the investigators will also collect demographic information and measure health literacy, the latter using two validated single-item instruments the investigators have used before.

Randomization: The investigators will randomize patients to watch videos the investigators develo...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • African-American patients aged 18 or older with elevated stroke risk (CHA2DS2-VASc ≥2 for men and ≥3 for women) who are not currently on anticoagulation (AC) but for whom a cardiology provider or primary care provider at the two study sites recommended AC recently
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Non-African American and other non-Black patients under the age of 18 patients without an ICD-10 diagnostic code consistent with AF or atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
• • Patient without a visit with a primary care provider, cardiovascular medicine specialist, or ambulatory care provider in the previous one year
• • Patient who is pregnant or a prisoner.
• • Patients with left atrial appendage surgery or device, hospice status, ongoing bleeding, and intracranial bleeding in intralobar territory