The goal of this intervention study is to learn if the intervention can increase positive health and health literacy in people with limited health literacy. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does participating in the intervention 'Gezond en goed met elkaar' increase participant's positive health? * Does participating in the intervention 'Gezond en goed met elkaar' improve health literacy? Researchers will compare people who participate in the intervention with people who haven't participated in the intervention yet. Participants will: * participate in the intervention (3 months) * fill out questionnaires every 3 months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
The intervention 'Gezond en goed met elkaar' focuses on improving (positive) health literacy and literacy. The six domains of "positive health" are the focus of the intervention meetings. This intervention has been made available for citizens of Almere, Zwolle, Gouda, Nunspeet and Leusden through collaboration with these municipalities. Lifestyle coaches working in these municipalities implement the intervention.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Positive Health
Positive Health questionnaire developed by Institute of Positive Health (iPH) 17 items, answered on a 10-point Likert scale
Time frame: From baseline measurement to 9 months later
Vitality
SF-12 Vitality (VT) question 6b
Time frame: From baseline measurement to 9 months later
Health Literacy
HLS-EU-Q16 adapted to B1 language level For the psychometric analyses of HLS-EU-Q16, each of the 16 questions were coded according to the following: 'very difficult'=1 point, 'fairly difficult'=2 points, 'fairly easy'=3 points or 'very easy'=4 points, giving a total of 16-64 scores. The HLS-EU-Q16 manual recommends dichotomizing the answers from HLS-EU-Q16 ('very difficult'/'fairly difficult'=0, 'fairly easy'/'very easy'=1; total 0-16 scores) 1 \& 2 -\> 0 3 \& 4 -\> 1 dividing the total scores into three categories of HL: 0-8 = inadequate 9-12 = problematic 13-16 = adequate
Time frame: From baseline measurement to 9 months later
Basic Psychological Needs
BPNSFS-ID: Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale
Time frame: From baseline measurement to 9 months later
Well-Being
ASCOT: The Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit - dutch translation
Time frame: From baseline measurement to 9 months later
Quality of Life (QALYs)
EQ-5D-5L: 5-level EQ-5D version (EuroQol Group, 2009)
Time frame: From baseline measurement to 9 months later
Health Care and Productivity Costs
Cost questionnaire developed by Health Sciences Department (Economic Evaluation) of VU University of Amsterdam
Time frame: From baseline measurement to 9 months later
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