Health Literacy As a Mediator Between Gender, Illness Identity, and Self-Efficacy

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cardiac Diseases

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06707116

Health Literacy

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to understand the role of health literacy in shaping the relationship between gender differences, illness identity, and self-efficacy in geriatric patients with cardiac diseases. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does health literacy mediate the relationship between gender, illness identity, and self-efficacy in elderly cardiac patients?

Participants with diagnosed cardiac conditions, will complete online surveys assessing their health literacy, illness identity, and self-efficacy over a one-year period. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) will be used to analyze the relationships among these variables.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults aged 30 years or older.
• Diagnosed with a cardiac disease (e.g., heart failure, coronary artery disease, arrhythmia).
• Able to provide informed consent.
• Sufficient health literacy to complete surveys in the study language.
• Currently under regular medical care for their cardiac condition.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals with a cognitive impairment or diagnosis of dementia that could interfere with survey participation.
• Patients with co-morbid terminal illnesses that significantly impact life expectancy (e.g., advanced cancer).

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Study group