Empowering Patients to Participate in Health Care Decisions
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- participants needed
- 400
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- sponsor
- Vastra Gotaland Region
Summary
The study aims to evaluate whether an intervention with patient education in study circles, aiming to empower patients to participate in health care an rehabilitation by increasing health literacy and sense of coherence, may have a causal effect on perceived health, ability and function as well as independence and quality of life for patients with long-term health-related disabilities and passive coping strategies.
Description
Chronic poor health and impaired work ability entails both personal suffering and
considerable social costs. Poverty, homelessness, difficulties to handle complex issues, and
maltreatment may affect health outcomes in the long run. Both sense of coherence (SOC) and
the ability to understand health-related information (health literacy) influences personal
coping strategies and thus the motivation to participate in health care and rehabilitation,
which is known to have a positive impact on health outcome. The purpose of this study is to
evaluate whether an intervention with patient education in study circles, aiming to empower
patients to participate in health care and rehabilitation by increasing health literacy and
sense of coherence, may have a causal effect on perceived health, ability and function as
well as independence and quality of life for patients with long-term health-related
disabilities and passive coping strategies. The study design is a cluster randomized
controlled study comparing the intervention in addition to treatment as usual (TAU) with TAU.
Follow-up is performed with validated questionnaires after 3, 6 and 12 months. Primary
outcome is net inactivity days (net days without employment or rehabilitation) and secondary
outcome variables are the number of net and gross days with sick leave during the follow-up
period, sense of coherence, health literacy, health-related quality of life, confidence in
own problem solving ability, work ability and work satisfaction, social function and health
habits,
The research subjects will answer all questionnaires in a web based tool approved for storing research data, esMaker (Entergate AB) on their mobile phone, iPad or computer. Individual web links to the questionnaires will be distributed via e-mail. Research subject identity is replaced with individual codes in esMaker. The research assistant will be in charge of the CodeKey and responsible for distributing the web links and for reminding the research subjects to fill in the questionnaires.
Details
Condition | Rehabilitation aspects, Rehabilitation |
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Age | 18years - 64years |
Treatment | Learn-to-Cope |
Clinical Study Identifier | NCT04254367 |
Sponsor | Vastra Gotaland Region |
Last Modified on | 19 February 2024 |
How to participate?
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Additional screening procedures may be conducted by the study team before you can be confirmed eligible to participate.
Learn moreIf you are confirmed eligible after full screening, you will be required to understand and sign the informed consent if you decide to enroll in the study. Once enrolled you may be asked to make scheduled visits over a period of time.
Learn moreComplete your scheduled study participation activities and then you are done. You may receive summary of study results if provided by the sponsor.
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