Comparison of the Health Literacy of Our Patients Who Quit Smoking and Who Cannot Quit Smoking

The aim of the study was determined to examine the relationship between the health literacy scales of the patients who came to the smoking cessation clinic and their smoking cessation success.

The patient follow-up files registered in the archive of the smoking cessation clinic will be scanned for the last 2 years and the demographic data and follow-up information of the patients will be reached. Patients who have completed the 1-year follow-up period will be contacted by phone, questioning whether they smoke or not, and will be invited to answer the health literacy scale. Accepting patients will be divided into two groups as those who quit smoking and those who cannot, and health literacy scales will be compared.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Smoking Cessation; Health Literacy
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Health literacy scale

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 120
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Eyalet/Yerleşke
    • Bursa, Eyalet/Yerleşke, Turkey, 16115
      • Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas EAH

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who applied to the smoking cessation clinic for smoking cessation
2. over the age of 18
3. Those who agree to answer the health literacy scale form

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients under the age of 18
2. Those who do not agree to answer the health literacy scale form

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: quit smoking; patients who have quit smoking	Behavioral: Health literacy scale; The Turkish version of The European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-EU) Health Literacy Questionnaire scale (ASOY-TR) was used to measure health literacy. This scale consists of 47 questions. Each item has 4 degrees such that 1 = Very difficult, 2 = Difficult, 3 = Easy, 4 = Very easy. Code 5 is used for the expression "I don't know". The total score that can be obtained from the scale is between 47-188. For the sake of ease of calculation, the total score is standardized with the following formula to take a value between 0-50. Formula = Index = (arithmetic mean-1) x [50/3] High score means better health literacy.
Active Comparator: not quit smoking; patients who have not quit smoking	Behavioral: Health literacy scale; The Turkish version of The European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-EU) Health Literacy Questionnaire scale (ASOY-TR) was used to measure health literacy. This scale consists of 47 questions. Each item has 4 degrees such that 1 = Very difficult, 2 = Difficult, 3 = Easy, 4 = Very easy. Code 5 is used for the expression "I don't know". The total score that can be obtained from the scale is between 47-188. For the sake of ease of calculation, the total score is standardized with the following formula to take a value between 0-50. Formula = Index = (arithmetic mean-1) x [50/3] High score means better health literacy.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Health literacy	The Turkish version of The European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-EU) Health Literacy Questionnaire scale (ASOY-TR) was used to measure health literacy. This scale consists of 47 questions. Each item has 4 degrees such that 1 = Very difficult, 2 = Difficult, 3 = Easy, 4 = Very easy. Code 5 is used for the expression "I don't know". The total score that can be obtained from the scale is between 47-188. For the sake of ease of calculation, the total score is standardized with the following formula to take a value between 0-50. Formula = Index = (arithmetic mean-1) x [50/3] High score means better health literacy.	After 1 year of follow-up in the smoking cessation clinic

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Education and Research Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Seyhan Dülger, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Education And Training Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): May 7, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 7, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 21, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 21, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2021
• Last Verified: May 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: smoking cessation; health literacy
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2011-KAEK-25 2021/05-01

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No