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

Adult Clinical Trial

— LIT  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02195778
• Other study ID #: CRD 262/13
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 17, 2014
• Last updated: July 18, 2014
• Start date: June 2013
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: July 2014
• Source: Tawam Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United Arab Emirates: Health Authority, Abu Dhabi
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 1500
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 and above

• Willing to consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than 18

• Severly ill

• Unable to consent

Study Design

Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adult
• Age
• Disease
• Health Literacy
• UAE

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Arab Emirates	Tawam Hospital	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Tawam Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Arab Emirates, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Patient unable to read and write.		1 year	No