title: Interaction between functional health literacy and telehomecare: Short-term effects from a randomized trial.
abstract: This study was conducted as part of a randomized, controlled trial, and explored whether the introduction of a Danish telehomecare intervention, referred to as 'the Telekit', and its associated educational components affect functional health literacy. The study sample consisted of 60 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the intervention group who received the Telekit, and 56 in the control group; all participants were collected from the large-scale, randomized TeleCare North trial by consecutive sampling. To avoid recall bias, the design did not include a baseline measurement, comparing instead the post-intervention measurements between the intervention and control groups. First, the comparability of the two groups was determined, and statistically significant differences in their functional health literacy scores were examined using an independent t-test. Furthermore, the associations between functional health literacy and both groups were tested using multiple regression analysis. No statistically significant difference was observed between the intervention and control groups, suggesting that the introduction of the Telekit and its associated educational components has no effect on functional health literacy. However, further research should be conducted using a larger sample.
authors: Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: Korsbakke Emtekaer Haesum
authors: Danish Center for Healthcare Improvements, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors: Lars
authors: L
authors: Ehlers
authors: Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg, Denmark.|Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
authors: Ole K
authors: OK
authors: Hejlesen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D057220:Health Literacy / Q000592:standards*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends
keywords: Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults; chronic disease; health literacy; short-term effect; telehomecare; telemedicine