Study tests if recording doctor visits helps older patients feel better
NCT ID NCT05955339
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving older adults (65+) with diabetes or high blood pressure access to their visit notes and audio recordings of their appointments helps them feel better and manage their health. About 1,022 participants will be randomly assigned to receive either written notes through a patient portal or notes plus audio recordings. The goal is to see if these tools improve quality of life and self-care.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,022 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
PATIENTS: Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 65 years; * With multimorbidity (diabetes or hypertension plus one of the following: arthritis (osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis), asthma, atrial fibrillation, Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (not severe), cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, heart disease, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, osteoporosis, kidney disease and stroke. Patients with diabetes plus hypertension are eligible. * Have had two or more clinic visits in the previous 12 months; * Plan on receiving ongoing care at the clinic with the enrolled clinician for the subsequent 6 months; * Do not have vision or hearing problems that cannot be corrected; and * Have not recorded a clinic visit for personal use in the past 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * With no capacity to consent to the project; * With schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, current substance-use disorders, uncorrected hearing or visual impairment with no adjustments to support accessing the interventions or surveys; * Living in skilled nursing homes or hospice, because they engage less in self-management; * With cognitive impairment as identified by a score of ≤4 on the six-item screener (SIS) * Lacking internet access; * Who do not speak English or Spanish; * Who (i) do not have access to a personal email, (ii) do not have an email address shared with a family member or patient-identified caregiver, and/or (iii) are not interested in creating a personal email as this would prevent them from engaging with the intervention(s); and * Who do not wish to create a patient portal account, if they do not already have one as this would prevent them from engaging with the intervention(s). CAREGIVERS: Inclusion criteria: * Agree to their identified role as a caregiver; * Speak English or Spanish; * Have capacity to consent to research participation; and * ≥ 18 years. Exclusion criteria: * No capacity to consent to the project; * Living in skilled nursing homes or hospice; * Lacking internet access; or * Do not speak English or Spanish
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Conditions
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester
RECRUITINGManchester, New Hampshire, 03104, United States
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University of Texas Medical Branch
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGalveston, Texas, 77555, United States
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Vanderbit University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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