Liver Cirrhosis Patients' Digital Health Literacy and Perspective on Digital Healthcare, a Multicenter Questionnaire Study

NCT06745843 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024-0454
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 86
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to investigate digital health literacy in liver cirrhosis patients. Participants will fill in two questionnaires by email or mail.

Conditions

Liver Cirrhosis

Keywords

health literacy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Digital Health Literacy Instrument 2.0 scores

  Digital health literacy Instrument (DHLI) 2.0 has 24 self-report items. People score how difficult they perceive certain tasks to be and how often they experience certain problems on the Internet. Each item was scored on a 4-point scale, with response options ranging from "very easy" to "very difficult" and from "never" to "often." Scores are reversed, so that a higher score represented a higher level of digital health literacy.

  At time of enrollment, single point in time.

• Number of right answers on digital health visualization questionnaire.

  This is a questionnaire with items assessing health visualization literacy. People are shown 20 visualizations with information about their disease and answer a question to test if they understood the information in the visualization. The scores consist of number of right answers, so a higher score represent better digital health visualization.

  At time of enrollment, single point in time.

Study Arms (1)

Participants

OTHER

Questionnaire sent to patients

Other: Questionnaire

Interventions

Questionnaire OTHER

The patient information, informed consent form and questionnaire will collectively be distributed digitally or by mail to all patients.

Participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age 18 years or older
• Treated at Gastroenterology department

You may not qualify if:

• Objection to be approached for scientific studies requests, documented in electronic patient record

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Maastricht University Medical Center: lead
• Gelre Hospitals: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Maastricht University Medical Center

Maastricht, Netherlands

Location

Related Links

• Foundation for collaborative development of e-Health tools for different chronic diseases.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Liver Cirrhosis

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Liver Diseases; Digestive System Diseases; Fibrosis; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Tom Gevers, MD, PhD

  Maastricht University Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 5, 2024
• First Posted: December 20, 2024
• Study Start: February 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2025
• Study Completion: August 1, 2025
• Last Updated: September 26, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NL (1)