The Effect of Health Literacy Education in Adults (HELP-e-Pulse)

Akdeniz University140 enrolled

Overview

The world's elderly population is increasing. It is possible to prepare for the old age period by starting to develop the level of Health Literacy (HL) in the 45-64 age group. In this context, this study is planned to be conducted as a randomized controlled study with an active control group in order to compare the effect of European Health Literacy-based education and e-Pulse education (HELP) on the level of health literacy in adults aged 45-64 with insufficient-limited health literacy. The study was planned to include a total of 140 participants from the intervention group (HELP) (n:70) and the active control group (e-Pulse) (n:70). Interactive group training consisting of six modules and 90 minutes each will be given to the HELP group. Individual e-Pulse instruction will be given to the active control group. European Health Literacy Scale scores will be considered as the primary outcome of the research. Scores from the eHealth Literacy Scale will be considered as the secondary outcome of the research.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

140

Conditions

Health Literacy

Interventions

1. To introduce e-pulse software, which is a personal health record system, to show its use, to provide training materials such as video-brochures about e-pulse. This program will be done as interactive group training 2. Six modular interactive group training, each of which includes the steps of the European Health Literacy Scale of 90 minutes.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 45 YearsMax age: 64 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Being aged 45-64 and above and being literate, * Having a score of 33 or less on the European Health Literacy Scale (insufficient, limited and problematic health literacy) * Being able to use a smart phone, tablet or computer, * Having agreed to voluntarily participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: • Those who do not speak Turkish

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

European Health Literacy Scale

This scale is a self-report measure used to evaluate the health literacy level for individuals over 15 years old. It includes three topics (treatment, prevention from diseases and improving health) and 47 items. Each item has four possible answers: 1 = Very difficult, 2 = Difficult, 3 = Easy and 4 = Very easy. A 'Don't know' answer is coded as 5. Health literacy level is evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (0-25) points: insufficient health literacy; (\>25-33) : problematic - limited health literacy; (\>33-42) : adequate health literacy; (\>42-50) : indicates excellent health literacy.

Time frame: Baseline-Second month

Secondary Outcomes

eHealth Literacy Scale

The eHEALS is an 8-item measure of eHealth literacy developed to measure consumers' combined knowledge, comfort, and perceived skills at finding, evaluating, and applying electronic health information to health problems.