Status:
RECRUITING
Health Literacy in Geriatric Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Conditions:
Health Literacy
Eligibility:
All Genders
65-110 years
Brief Summary
Health Literacy is one's ability to understand health information well enough to make informed decisions about their health. Limited health literacy makes it hard for people to understand complex heal...
Detailed Description
As treatments become more sophisticated and the healthcare system becomes more complex, health literacy (HL) assumes an ever-greater importance in the therapeutic alliance between healthcare professio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients (both new and follow up) attending St. Peter's Hospital Geriatric Clinic
- Willingness to participate in the study (caregiver can rate HL for patient if patient unable to)
- Consenting to study (by patient or caregiver)
Exclusion
- Behavior (e.g. behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia) which may be aggravated by additional questions
- Acute illness preventing participation
- Terminal illness that would prevent 6-month telephone follow up
- Previous participation in this study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 26 2025
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06971393
Start Date
February 26 2025
End Date
December 31 2025
Last Update
May 18 2025
Active Locations (1)
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St. Peter's Geriatric Clinic
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8M 1W9