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

NCT ID: NCT02195778

Last Updated: 2014-07-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

1500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-06-30

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Health Literacy Adult UAE Disease Age

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Young, 18 to 30

No interventions assigned to this group

Middle, 31 to 50

No interventions assigned to this group

Older, 51 to 70

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 and above
* Willing to consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Less than 18
* Severly ill
* Unable to consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Tawam Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Satish Chandra

Senior Specialist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Tawam Hospital

Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Site Status

Countries

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United Arab Emirates

Other Identifiers

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CRD 262/13

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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