The Mediating Role of Health Literacy in the Relationship Between Gender Differences, Illness Identity, and Self-Efficacy Patients with Cardiac Diseases: a Structural Equation Model
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cardiac Diseases
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 100
- Primary Endpoint
- Illness Identity Questionnaire (IIQ)
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this observational study is to understand the role of health literacy in shaping the relationship between gender differences, illness identity, and self-efficacy in geriatric patients with cardiac diseases. The main question it aims to answer is:
Does health literacy mediate the relationship between gender, illness identity, and self-efficacy in elderly cardiac patients?
Participants with diagnosed cardiac conditions, will complete online surveys assessing their health literacy, illness identity, and self-efficacy over a one-year period. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) will be used to analyze the relationships among these variables.
Investigators
Mohammed Elsayed Zaky
Principal Investigator
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adults aged 30 years or older.
- •Diagnosed with a cardiac disease (e.g., heart failure, coronary artery disease, arrhythmia).
- •Able to provide informed consent.
- •Sufficient health literacy to complete surveys in the study language.
- •Currently under regular medical care for their cardiac condition.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Individuals with a cognitive impairment or diagnosis of dementia that could interfere with survey participation.
- •Patients with co-morbid terminal illnesses that significantly impact life expectancy (e.g., advanced cancer).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Illness Identity Questionnaire (IIQ)
Time Frame: 1 month
Description: The Illness Identity Questionnaire (IIQ) is a 25-item, self-report, paper-and-pencil questionnaire that was initially used and validated in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Patients are asked to indicate how much they agree with 25 statements, using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1-5 (strongly disagree to strongly agree). The IIQ consists of a 5-item rejection scale (items 1-5); 5-item acceptance scale (items 6-10); an 8-item engulfment scale (items 11-18); and 7-item enrichment scale (items 19-25).
Secondary Outcomes
- Cardiac Self-Efficacy Scale(1 month)