The Study is Focused on People With Limited Health Literacy, We Are Not Studying a Disease or Condition
Conditions
Keywords
health literacy, positive health, intervention, Gezond en goed met elkaar
Brief summary
The goal of this intervention study is to learn if the intervention can increase positive health and health literacy in people with limited health literacy. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does participating in the intervention 'Gezond en goed met elkaar' increase participant's positive health? * Does participating in the intervention 'Gezond en goed met elkaar' improve health literacy? Researchers will compare people who participate in the intervention with people who haven't participated in the intervention yet. Participants will: * participate in the intervention (3 months) * fill out questionnaires every 3 months
Interventions
BEHAVIORALGezond en goed met elkaar
The intervention 'Gezond en goed met elkaar' focuses on improving (positive) health literacy and literacy. The six domains of "positive health" are the focus of the intervention meetings. This intervention has been made available for citizens of Almere, Zwolle, Gouda, Nunspeet and Leusden through collaboration with these municipalities. Lifestyle coaches working in these municipalities implement the intervention.
Sponsors
VU University of Amsterdam
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Pragmatic stepped-wedge design
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years or older
Exclusion criteria
* analfabetism * insufficient language level of Dutch to be able to participate in the intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Positive Health | From baseline measurement to 9 months later | Positive Health questionnaire developed by Institute of Positive Health (iPH) 17 items, answered on a 10-point Likert scale |
| Vitality | From baseline measurement to 9 months later | SF-12 Vitality (VT) question 6b |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health Literacy | From baseline measurement to 9 months later | HLS-EU-Q16 adapted to B1 language level For the psychometric analyses of HLS-EU-Q16, each of the 16 questions were coded according to the following: 'very difficult'=1 point, 'fairly difficult'=2 points, 'fairly easy'=3 points or 'very easy'=4 points, giving a total of 16-64 scores. The HLS-EU-Q16 manual recommends dichotomizing the answers from HLS-EU-Q16 ('very difficult'/'fairly difficult'=0, 'fairly easy'/'very easy'=1; total 0-16 scores) 1 \& 2 -\> 0 3 \& 4 -\> 1 dividing the total scores into three categories of HL: 0-8 = inadequate 9-12 = problematic 13-16 = adequate |
| Basic Psychological Needs | From baseline measurement to 9 months later | BPNSFS-ID: Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale |
| Well-Being | From baseline measurement to 9 months later | ASCOT: The Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit - dutch translation |
| Quality of Life (QALYs) | From baseline measurement to 9 months later | EQ-5D-5L: 5-level EQ-5D version (EuroQol Group, 2009) |
| Health Care and Productivity Costs | From baseline measurement to 9 months later | Cost questionnaire developed by Health Sciences Department (Economic Evaluation) of VU University of Amsterdam |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed