Communication Model to Self-Care - Regardless of Health Literacy
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Systematic Interactive Communication Model to Strengthen Self-Care Regardless of Health Literacy Level
- Registration Number
- NCT04929314
- Lead Sponsor
- University College of Northern Denmark
- Brief Summary
Healthcare systems all over the world are developing in a way that compels patients to become more active in the management of their own health and disease - a development that changes the role of modern patients and the skills needed to navigate the healthcare system. Demographic changes resulting in more elderly people have led to increases in the burden of chronic diseases and put pressure on increasingly scarce healthcare resources. One strategy for overcoming this burden is to reduce the utilization of healthcare resources in the secondary sector by reducing the length of stay and placing more health care services in the primary sector, thus allowing more rehabilitation actions, where the goal is to have patients take control of their own life situation and health.
This means that community nurses are compelled to strengthen citizens' ability to manage their own disease and everyday life. A focus on health literacy and its significance for everyday life with chronic disease can increase the probability of citizens' acquiring the instructions and guidance given by community nurses, and thus strengthen the ability for self-care and self-rehabilitation. In line with this, a systematic interactive communication model has been developed to help strengthen self-care for citizens with chronic diseases. For more information, see the description of the intervention above.
The study is targeted citizens, who receive community nursing. A possible benefit of participating is an improvement of quality of life in everyday life for citizens receiving community nursing. No risks related to participation in the study.
The study is run from four community nursing districts in Aalborg Municipality. The development of the intervention was initiated in september 2019, and the study is expected finalised in july 2022.
This study did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 48
- Ability to give informed consent
- Age > 18
- Fixed residence in Aalborg Municipality
- Receives home healthcare services for a period of more than three months
- Ability to speak, read and write Danish
- Diagnosed with a severe psychiatric disease
- Diagnosed with dementia or other severe cognitive impairments
- Terminal
- Unable to understand and speak Danish
- Pregnancy
- Participation in other studies that could effect the primary outcome of this study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Systematic Interactive Communication Model to Strengthen Self-Care Regardless of Health Literacy Level Participants in the intervention group receive specialised nursing care that focuses on the interactive communication model. The nurses who deliver care to participants in the intervention group receive specific education and training in order to be able to provide nursing based on the interactive communication model and more individualised nursing based on health literacy level.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health-related quality of Life (Measured with the standardised European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions (EQ5D-3L) health-related quality of life questionnaire) 6 months Health status
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Healthcare costs 6 months Consumption of healthcare services in both primary and secondary sector (e.g. in- and outpatient costs, medication costs, costs from visiting general practitioners, and community care costs)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Aalborg Municipality
🇩🇰Aalborg, Denmark
Aalborg Municipality🇩🇰Aalborg, Denmark