Health Literacy Project

Sponsor
Duke University
Study ID
NCT06634901
Status
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
12 Years - 18 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Health Literacy Educational Session- Comparator — OTHER
    During the pre-to-post-test interval for the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) measure, participants in this arm will take a break and have lunch.
  • Health Literacy Educational Session — BEHAVIORAL
    The Intervention is a 90 minute small group (n=6-10) session with an expert epilepsy provider reviewing fundamental information about epilepsy being a treatable neurologic condition, with topics including epidemiology, causation facts and myths, treatment and the importance of consistent medication, stigma, barriers to care and well-being. These topics will be covered in the first 45 minutes, leaving the second 45 minutes for Q\&A with the expert. This session provides the basic health information relevant to people with epilepsy, communication of which is often sacrificed in overcrowded clinics found in low resource settings.

Study Details

Evaluating changes in knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) related to epilepsy and its treatment as a result of an educational intervention among adolescents with epilepsy to determine if improved KAP about epilepsy results in improved medication adherence and less perceived stigma.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 1, 2026
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2026
Completion
Jan 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Health Literacy Educational Session- Control Group Testing
    Participants will receive pre- and post-testing at the same interval as the experimental arm. Rather than receiving the educational session intervention, participants will have lunch during the interval. The comparator group will receive the intervention after all primary and secondary outcome measures have been completed.
  • Experimental: Health Literacy Educational Session- Experimental Group Testing
    Participants are divided into groups of 6-10 adolescents each to receive the educational session intervention, with those aged 12-15 in different groups from those aged 16-18 due to potential differences in question focus.

Primary Outcome Measure

Epilepsy Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) [ Time Frame: 20 minutes ]

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