Determinants of Primary Care Health Professionals' Numeracy Skills and Practices and Association With Patient Health Literacy and Quality of Care (Num-Pro-Qual)

January 23, 2026 updated by: MSPU de Pins-Justaret
To enable appropriate risk representation for patients, health care professionals (HCPs) must have a personal understanding of quantitative data. To date, a limited number of studies on physicians' numeracy skills and practices show that, although physicians perform better than the general population, not all physicians have mastered basic numeracy skills. Low numeracy among physicians was associated with lower quality adherence to good practice recommendations, inaccurate inferences about test results and side effect risks, and reluctance to share numerical information with patients. The primary objective will be to explore the determinants of the objective numeracy level of primary care professionals. A cross-sectional survey will be conducted on a sample of primary care professionals practicing in the west of Occitanie (former Midi-Pyrenées region). Objective numeracy will be measured using the Adaptive Berlin Numeracy Test (ABNT) and the Abbreviated Numeracy Scale, whereas subjective numeracy will be assessed using the Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS-3). The Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) will be used for patients.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

500

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

General population

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Patients over 18 years of age
  • having declared one of the participating general practitioners as their treating physician
  • declaring to be regularly followed by one of the participating physicians (at least 2 consultations in the last 12 months) for whom a non-opposition collection was carried out

Exclusion criteria:

  • diagnosis of major cognitive impairment
  • lack of mastery of the French language or lack of ability to understand oral or written instructions
  • patient under legal protection regime

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Objective numeracy
Time Frame: Baseline
Objective numeracy, as measured by the Adaptive Berlin Numeracy Test (ABNT)
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

MSPU de Pins-Justaret

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

June 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

November 15, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 23, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 23, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

January 30, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 30, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 23, 2026

Last Verified

January 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Num-Pro-Qual

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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