The Effect of Health Literacy Education in Adults (HELP-e-Pulse) (HELP-e-Pulse)

Comparison of the Effects of European Health Literacy Based Education and E-Pulse Education on the Level of Health Literacy in Adults Aged 45-64: a Randomized Controlled Study with Active Control Group

The world's elderly population is increasing. It is possible to prepare for the old age period by starting to develop the level of Health Literacy (HL) in the 45-64 age group. In this context, this study is planned to be conducted as a randomized controlled study with an active control group in order to compare the effect of European Health Literacy-based education and e-Pulse education (HELP) on the level of health literacy in adults aged 45-64 with insufficient-limited health literacy. The study was planned to include a total of 140 participants from the intervention group (HELP) (n:70) and the active control group (e-Pulse) (n:70). Interactive group training consisting of six modules and 90 minutes each will be given to the HELP group. Individual e-Pulse instruction will be given to the active control group. European Health Literacy Scale scores will be considered as the primary outcome of the research. Scores from the eHealth Literacy Scale will be considered as the secondary outcome of the research.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Health Literacy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Health education:Interactive group training; Other: Health education: Individually training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 140
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Antalya, Turkey, 07058
    • Soğuksu Yaşlı Evi

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being aged 45-64 and above and being literate,
• Having a score of 33 or less on the European Health Literacy Scale (insufficient, limited and problematic health literacy)
• Being able to use a smart phone, tablet or computer,
• Having agreed to voluntarily participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who do not speak Turkish

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: HEalth Literacy, e-Pulse (HELP)	Other: Health education:Interactive group training; To introduce e-pulse software, which is a personal health record system, to show its use, to provide training materials such as video-brochures about e-pulse. This program will be done as interactive group training; Six modular interactive group training, each of which includes the steps of the European Health Literacy Scale of 90 minutes.
Active Comparator: e-Pulse	Other: Health education: Individually training; To introduce e-pulse software, which is a personal health record system, to provide training materials such as video-brochures about e-pulse. This education will be done individually.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
European Health Literacy Scale	This scale is a self-report measure used to evaluate the health literacy level for individuals over 15 years old. It includes three topics (treatment, prevention from diseases and improving health) and 47 items. Each item has four possible answers: 1 = Very difficult, 2 = Difficult, 3 = Easy and 4 = Very easy. A 'Don't know' answer is coded as 5. Health literacy level is evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (0-25) points: insufficient health literacy; (>25-33) : problematic - limited health literacy; (>33-42) : adequate health literacy; (>42-50) : indicates excellent health literacy.	Baseline-Second month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
eHealth Literacy Scale	The eHEALS is an 8-item measure of eHealth literacy developed to measure consumers' combined knowledge, comfort, and perceived skills at finding, evaluating, and applying electronic health information to health problems.	Baseline-Second month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Akdeniz University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 2, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): February 3, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 14, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 26, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 3, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 003 (033)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No