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

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St. Peter's Geriatric Clinic

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8M 1W9