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Digital Literacy Intervention to Address Support, Literacy and Communication in Older Adults

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Aging
Technology
Quality of Life
Literacy
Interventions
Behavioral: Digital Literacy Intervention
Registration Number
NCT06479707
Lead Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Brief Summary

The investigators propose a person-directed, values-based digital literacy intervention to address the community-identified barriers of health literacy, health communication and social support to improve quality of life and specific disease related metrics in the older adult's own home. This intervention will be a way to address the community-identified barriers of health literacy, health communication and social support to improve quality of life and specific disease related metrics in the older adult's own home.

Detailed Description

This is a one-arm pilot trial to test the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention Digital Literacy Pilot Intervention to Address Support, Literacy and Communication in Older Adults. Each participant will receive 4-6 home visits with 3-4 interim phone calls based on the participant's individual digital literacy needs and goals. Each participant will receive internet connectivity (if not already available), a tablet (if not already available) and tailored action plans co-developed by the participant and the interventionist. In each participant will also have pre and post-intervention visits with the research team.

In earlier phases, research team members conducted preliminary activities to design the intervention using Human-Centered Design techniques.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • Aged 65 years old or older
  • English proficient
  • Willingness to improve digital literacy
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Severe cognitive impairment as defined by a 6-item Callahan Cognitive Screener
  • Hospitalization overnight more than 3 times in the last 12 months by self-report.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PilotDigital Literacy Intervention-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Health Team Communication as assessed by the CollaboRATE Scale MeasureBaseline, 9 weeks

The CollaboRATE scale measure is a 3 item self-report questionnaire on patient's shared decision making. It is scored on a 10-point anchored scale, ranging from 0 ("no effort was made") to 9 ("every effort was made"). Higher scores indicate more shared decision making.

Change in health literacy as assessed by the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM)Baseline, 9 weeks

The REALM screening tool assesses ability for respondent to correctly pronounce a list of common medical words and lay terms using the REALM Patient Word List. A score of 0-18 is 3rd grade and below, score of 19-44 is 4th to 6th grade, score of 45-60 is 7th to 8th grade, and a score of 61-66 is high school or above.

Change in Social engagement as assessed by the Lubben Social Network ScaleBaseline, 9 weeks

The Lubben Social Network Scale is a 7-item questionnaire that measures the size of social networks of family and friends. The score ranges between 0 and 30, with higher scores indicated more social engagement.

Change in self-efficacy as assessed by the Coping Self-Efficacy InstrumentBaseline, 9 weeks

Coping Self-Efficacy is a 13 item instrument on a scale of 0 ('can't do at all') to 10 ('certain can do'). A higher score indicates higher level of self-efficacy when implementing coping strategies. Score range 0-130.

Change in quality of life as assessed by the European Quality of Life (Euro-QOL-5D)Baseline, 9 weeks

The Euro-QOL-5D is a self-report measure that measures quality of life across 5 domains: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Response choices are severe, moderate or none (levels of disability) across domains. Questionnaire also includes a Visual Analog Scale, where respondents report their perceived health status ranging from 0 (the worst possible health status) to 100 (the best possible health status).

Change in digital health literacy as assessed by the Mobile Device Proficiency Questionnaire (MDPQ)Baseline, 9 weeks

The MDPQ is a 16-item questionnaire divided into 8 sub-scales. All items are on a 5-point scale with choices never tried (1), not at all (2), not very easily (3), somewhat easily (4), and to very easily (5). A low score indicates low mobile device proficiency.

Change in self-efficacy as assessed by the Self-Efficacy of Chronic Disease Management InstrumentBaseline, 9 weeks

Self-Efficacy of Chronic Disease Management Instrument is a 6 item instrument on a visual analog scale, ranging from 1 (not at all confident) to 10 (totally confident). Lower scores indicate lower self-efficacy as indicated by confidence. Score range 6-60.

Change in Social engagement as assessed by the Krause-Borawski-Clark Support Interactions ScaleBaseline, 9 weeks

The Krause-Borawski-Clark Support Interactions Scale is a 10-item self-reported questionnaire that measures social interactions. The scale is broken down into different domains; scores range from very often (4); fairly often (3); once in a while (2); never (1) or binary-- satisfied (1) or not satisfied (0) depending on domain within the questionnaire. Items are summed to form a single composite score range 10-40, Higher scores on the scale is associated with better personal perception and social support.

Change in digital health literacy as assessed by the Digital Health Care Literacy ScaleBaseline, 9 weeks

The Digital Health Care Literacy scale is a 3-item questionnaire. Response options ranged from strongly disagree (0 points) to strongly agree (4 points). Total possible score options ranged from 0-12. Higher scores indicated higher digital health care literacy.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Frailty as assessed by the Fried Frailty PhenotypeBaseline, 9 weeks

The Fried Frailty Phenotype contains 5 criteria: unintentional weight loss \>10lbs \>5% of body mass in the last year, weakness (handgrip strength measurement), exhaustion (based on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), slow gait (walking time over a distance), and low physical activity. People who had none of the criteria were considered non-frail, people who had 1 and 2 criteria were considered pre-frail, and people who had ≥3 criteria were considered frail.

Change in Pain as assessed by the Brief Pain InventoryBaseline, 9 weeks

The Brief Pain Inventory - is a 4-item self-administered questionnaire used to evaluate the severity of a patient's pain and the impact of this pain on the patient's daily functioning. The patient is asked to rate their worst, least, average, and current pain intensity, list current treatments and their perceived effectiveness, and rate the degree that pain interferes with general activity, mood, walking ability, normal work, relations with other persons, sleep, and enjoyment of life on a 10 point scale. For the 10 point scale, 0 indicated no pain and 10 indicates the worst imaginable pain. Score range 0-40.

Change in Function as assessed by Lawton & Brody's assessment of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living ScaleBaseline, 9 weeks

The assessment contains 8 questions with answers that are either a score of 0 or 1. A summary score ranges from 0 (low function, dependent) to 8 (high function, independent) for women, and 0 through 5 for men to avoid potential gender bias.

Change in Function as assessed by the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily LivingBaseline, 9 weeks

6 questions, each 1 point for a total score of 6. A score closer to 6 indicates high patient independence.

Change in Depression as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-2)Baseline, 9 weeks

The PHQ-2 is a item self-reported questionnaire to assess frequency of depression. The total score ranges from 0-6. A score of 3 or greater signifies that major depressive disorder is likely.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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