Determinants of Primary Care Health Professionals' Numeracy Skills and Practices and Association With Patient Health Literacy and Quality of Care

NCT07379086 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Num-Pro-Qual
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 500
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To enable appropriate risk representation for patients, health care professionals (HCPs) must have a personal understanding of quantitative data. To date, a limited number of studies on physicians' numeracy skills and practices show that, although physicians perform better than the general population, not all physicians have mastered basic numeracy skills. Low numeracy among physicians was associated with lower quality adherence to good practice recommendations, inaccurate inferences about test results and side effect risks, and reluctance to share numerical information with patients. The primary objective will be to explore the determinants of the objective numeracy level of primary care professionals. A cross-sectional survey will be conducted on a sample of primary care professionals practicing in the west of Occitanie (former Midi-Pyrenées region). Objective numeracy will be measured using the Adaptive Berlin Numeracy Test (ABNT) and the Abbreviated Numeracy Scale, whereas subjective numeracy will be assessed using the Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS-3). The Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) will be used for patients.

Conditions

Health Literacy; Numeracy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Objective numeracy

  Objective numeracy, as measured by the Adaptive Berlin Numeracy Test (ABNT)

  Baseline

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

General population

You may qualify if:

• Patients over 18 years of age
• having declared one of the participating general practitioners as their treating physician
• declaring to be regularly followed by one of the participating physicians (at least 2 consultations in the last 12 months) for whom a non-opposition collection was carried out

You may not qualify if:

• diagnosis of major cognitive impairment
• lack of mastery of the French language or lack of ability to understand oral or written instructions
• patient under legal protection regime

Sponsors & Collaborators

• MSPU de Pins-Justaret: lead

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 23, 2026
• First Posted: January 30, 2026
• Study Start (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 15, 2027
• Last Updated: January 30, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01