Clinical trials: Literacy
Dyslexia, Reading Disability
Brain Stimulation Paired With Structured Reading Instruction in Children With Dyslexia
This study investigates whether transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) delivered during structured reading instruction affects reading proficiency in children with developmental dyslexia and related reading disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT07762365
- Testing
- Active transcranial electrical stimulation (tES)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- General Neuro Inc.
Mental Well-being, Mental Health Literacy
Evaluation of Chatbot for Mental Well-being
The present study consists of two two-armed randomized controlled trials between experimental and waitlist control groups. It aims to evaluate the effectiveness of conversational chatbot in improving mental health literacy…
- Trial name
- NCT05694507
- Testing
- Mental Well-being Chatbot
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 293 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hearing Disorders and Deafness
ListenFuture-Listening for Their Future: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents
ListenFuture, a nation-wide multidisciplinary project, brings new knowledge on complex associations between listening, cognition, language, literacy, and psychosocial wellbeing in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adolescents.
- Trial name
- ListenFuture (NCT07416292)
- Where
- 7 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heikki Löppönen
Maternal Health, Maternal Health Literacy
Intervention to Improve Social Policy for Maternal and Child Health
Some of the challenges Pakistan faces in priority areas of national relevance include absence of social policy to improve innovative governance and reform of the primary healthcare system, especially for maternal and child…
- Trial name
- NCT05389501
- Testing
- Social policy intervention to support women of reproductive years
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Forman Christian College, Pakistan
Hypertension, High Blood Pressure
Digital Education for Hypertension Management: Effects on Self-Care and Health Literacy
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a digital education program can help people with high blood pressure (hypertension) manage their condition better.
- Trial name
- DIGIHYPE-HTN (NCT07506707)
- Testing
- Hypertension Self-Management and E-Health Education
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 181 people
- Sponsor
- Bartın Unıversity
Mental Health Literacy
Non-inferiority of Virtual vs. Traditional Methods in Adolescent Mental Health Literacy
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether a digital psychological literacy program delivered by an AI-powered virtual agent is non-inferior to traditional teacher-led instruction in improving mental health literacy…
- Trial name
- NCT07238842
- Testing
- Teacher-Led Psychological Literacy Instruction, Virtual Agent-Delivered Psychological Literacy Training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 334 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
Diet Quality, Social Isolation in Older Adults
Improving Diet Quality of Community-Dwelling Seniors Using a Community-Based Participatory Approach
This study implements a community co-designed educational intervention program to improve diet quality of community-dwelling seniors.
- Conditions
- Diet Quality, Social Isolation in Older Adults, Nutrition Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT07838142
- Testing
- Food Literacy Workshops
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geriatric Education and Research Institute
Ischemic Heart Disease Chronic, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Lifestyle Intervention in Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease and Diabetes
Chronic ischemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus type II have one of the highest morbidity and mortality rates. Especially in the presence of both diseases, these risks increase exponentially.
- Trial name
- LeIKD (NCT03835923)
- Testing
- lifestyle intervention, usual care
- Where
- 10 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 502 people
- Sponsor
- Techniker Krankenkasse
Cancer, Neoplasm Malignant
EMPOWER 3: Improving Palliative Care Health Literacy and Utilization
Through this award, Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, a psychologist at the Tulane Cancer Center in Louisiana, will lead a study called EMPOWER 3 designed to test an educational intervention to help patients understand palliative care…
- Trial name
- EMPOWER 3 (NCT04733469)
- Testing
- Multimedia Psychoeducational Intervention, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 172 people
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
Rehabilitation
Empowering Patients to Participate in Health Care Decisions
The study aims to evaluate whether an intervention with patient education in study circles, aiming to empower patients to participate in health care an rehabilitation by increasing health literacy and sense of coherence, may have…
- Trial name
- NCT04254367
- Testing
- Learn-to-Cope
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Vastra Gotaland Region
Asthma
Written Asthma Actions Plans Versus No Written Instructions In Specialty Care
The overall goal of this randomized, controlled study is to compare a model written treatment plan with the usual care that is provided by a group of adult and pediatric pulmonologists and allergists in their practice settings.
- Trial name
- NCT00149461
- Testing
- Written Asthma Action Plan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 407 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Prostate Cancer
Improving Decision-Making for Low Health Literate Prostate CA Patients
This study used a randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether Healium (designed to target preference elicitation) is as efficacious as Healing Choices (a comprehensive education and decision tool) in improving outcomes for…
- Trial name
- NCT05800483
- Testing
- Healium
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 327 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Dyspepsia
Heterogeneous Distribution of Health Literacy and Emotional State on Patients With Functional Dyspepsia.
Patients with indigestion were often found in gastroenterology clinic, those who about 20 % was caused by organic, while the rest of patients are showed abnormal inspection, and these are so called functional dyspepsia.
- Trial name
- NCT02737683
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Healthy Adult, Chinese
Social Robots Empowering Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a social robot can effectively support digital-literacy learning among low-income Chinese immigrants, particularly in the context of using the MyChart health portal.
- Trial name
- NCT07707466
- Testing
- robot-guided curriculum, Video-guided curriumlum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Overweight, Obesity
Motivational Interviewing for Overweight and Obese Adults at Healthy Life Centers
Overweight and obesity are major public health problems associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Motivational interviewing is a patient-centered counseling approach that may improve lifestyle behaviors and weight…
- Trial name
- MI-HLC (NCT07745231)
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing, Routine Nutrition Counseling
- Where
- 3 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Medical Education, Decision Support Techniques
Risk Literacy Among Portuguese Medical and Dentistry Students
This study is an online survey to assess risk literacy among students of the medical and dentistry faculties in Portugal. Risk literacy is the capability to understand and interpret statistical information, based on simple rules…
- Trial name
- RiskommPt (NCT04380428)
- Testing
- No Intervention. Observational study.
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harding Center for Risk Literacy
Health Literacy, Cardiovascular Diseases
Assessment of the Health Literacy Among Arab Women in East Jerusalem
This is a two-stage study: The objective of the first stage is to explore health literacy (HL) needs and preferences of Arab women through conducting Focus Group Discussions (FGDs).
- Trial name
- NCT03973606
- Testing
- Heath literacy assessment in Arab women in East Jerusalem
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Nutrition Security
Mississippi Community Engagement Alliance (MS CEAL): Fostering Community Solutions
The Mississippi Community Engagement Alliance (MS CEAL) Team proposes to address the complexities of Mississippi's health issues and social determinants of health through its Fostering Community Solutions (FOCUS) Project, with…
- Trial name
- MS CEAL (NCT07071064)
- Testing
- Food Box + Nutrition Classes, Food Box Only
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
Health Literacy's Impact on Exercise Habits and Medication Adherence in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
Postmenopausal osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mass and increased fracture risk. Treatment includes exercise, nutrition, supplements, and medications like bisphosphonates, denosumab, or hormone replacement therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT06462833
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Self Medication
Promoting Safe Medication Practices in the Classroom
Self-medication has traditionally been defined as the consumption of medicines, herbs, and home remedies on one's own initiative or on the advice of another person, without consulting a doctor.
- Trial name
- MedConCiencia (NCT07389538)
- Testing
- Educational intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada