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Assessment of Health Literacy Among Adult Patients in the United Arab Emirates to Facilitate Clinical Trials Recruitment. (LIT)

T

Tawam Hospital

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Adult
Age
Disease
UAE
Health Literacy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02195778
CRD 262/13

Details and patient eligibility

About

Health Literacy is the ability to understand health information and to use that information to make good decisions about health and medical care. Health informatin can overwhelm even people with advanced literacy skills. About one third of the adult population in the United States has limited health literacy.

Full description

Health literacy is the ability to understand health information and to use that information to make good decisions about health and medical care. Health information can overwhelm even people with advanced literacy skills.

About one third of the adult population in the United States has limited health literacy (Berkman ND, Davis TC, McCormack L. Health literacy:what is it? J Health Commun. 2010; 15 Suppl 2: 9-19). Initial assessment of regulatory compliance in research studies in the UAE indicated poor understanding of medical information by patients/subjects (AAMDHREC 12/55).

Health Literacy Survey (HLS) will be conducted on adults visiting the participating UAE hospitals/clinics. The survey will be conducted by a trained bilingual healthcare professional such as a team of medical residents.

The investigators study attempts to identify the population that are unable to understand health information or are impaired in their understanding of health information.

Enrollment

1,500 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 90 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 and above
  • Willing to consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Less than 18
  • Severly ill
  • Unable to consent

Trial design

1,500 participants in 3 patient groups

Young, 18 to 30
Middle, 31 to 50
Older, 51 to 70

Trial contacts and locations

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