Development and evaluation of a patient education intervention to improve health literacy (HL) for patients with chronic illness

Development and evaluation of a patient education intervention to improve health literacy (HL) for patients with chronic illness - GeKo

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00000655

Enrollment

500

Registered

2011-01-21

Start date

2012-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

chronic back pain (ICD-10: M47.1-M47.9, M48.1, M48.2, M48.8

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: health education intervention to improve health literacy for patients with chronic illness (low back pain, arthritis) added to clinics' standard health education program G

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis (chronic back pain, arthritis)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: language impairment; cognitive and/or physical impairment (patient is not able to fill out questionnaire)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Development of a health education intervention to improve health literacy in patients with chronic back pain and arthritis. Qualitative pilot study: group based interviews with patients and health education trainers. Quantitative pilot study: assessing the psychometric property of a newly self-developed questionnaire assessing the fit between health literacy and health education (HALEDU). Evaluation of the newly developed health education intervention to improve health literacy (quantitative main study, measurement occasions: before rehab, after rehab, 3 month after rehab): Fit between the health education programme run through by the patient during inpatient rehabilitation to his own health literacy using the HALEDU questionnaire. Overall estimation of the developed health education intervention (utiliy, relevance, etc.) using the “programme-evaluation” scale of the “Health Education Impact Questionnaire” (heiQ).	—

Measure

Time frame

Development of a health education intervention to improve health literacy in patients with chronic back pain and arthritis. Qualitative pilot study: group based interviews with patients and health education trainers. Quantitative pilot study: assessing the psychometric property of a newly self-developed questionnaire assessing the fit between health literacy and health education (HALEDU). Evaluation of the newly developed health education intervention to improve health literacy (quantitative main study, measurement occasions: before rehab, after rehab, 3 month after rehab): Fit between the health education programme run through by the patient during inpatient rehabilitation to his own health literacy using the HALEDU questionnaire. Overall estimation of the developed health education intervention (utiliy, relevance, etc.) using the “programme-evaluation” scale of the “Health Education Impact Questionnaire” (heiQ).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Evaluation of the health intervention programme regarding rehabilitation outcome in general (measurement occasions: before rehab, after rehab, 3 month after rehab): Health related behaviour, self-regulation, adherence to behavioural recommendations, self-management competencies, disease management (Health Eudcation Impact Questionnaire (heiQ), Questionnaire Assessing Health Related Behaviour [in German], Questionnaire Assessing Illness- and Health Related Control Convictions [in German], Freiburg Questionnaire of Disease Management [in German]. Evaluation of the health education intervention by health education trainers (acceptance/ perceived utility) using a self-developed questionnaire	—

Measure

Time frame

Evaluation of the health intervention programme regarding rehabilitation outcome in general (measurement occasions: before rehab, after rehab, 3 month after rehab): Health related behaviour, self-regulation, adherence to behavioural recommendations, self-management competencies, disease management (Health Eudcation Impact Questionnaire (heiQ), Questionnaire Assessing Health Related Behaviour [in German], Questionnaire Assessing Illness- and Health Related Control Convictions [in German], Freiburg Questionnaire of Disease Management [in German]. Evaluation of the health education intervention by health education trainers (acceptance/ perceived utility) using a self-developed questionnaire

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAntje Ullrich

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Institut für Qualitätsmanagement und Sozialmedizin

antje.ullrich@uniklinik-freiburg.de0761-27074870

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026