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Improving Health Literacy in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

The Impact of Health Literacy on the Attitudes Toward Pharmacological Treatment in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Travel or expenses covered

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Questionnaires

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "They will also receive questionnaires assessing their attitudes toward treatment before and after the educational interventions."
Compensation
Travel or expenses covered
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study looks at ways to check and improve how well patients understand health information. It also checks their views about medicine treatment. It is for adults with schizophrenia or related disorders who are staying in a hospital mental health unit.

The Impact of Health Literacy on the Attitudes toward Pharmacological Treatment in Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder This interventional study is aimed at: * assessing and improving the health literacy and * assessing the attitude towards treatment of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders while they are admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be age 18 or older and admitted to the University Medical Center-New Orleans (UMCNO) mental health unit.
  • Have a new or past diagnosis of schizophrenia or a related disorder that is not caused by substance use.
  • Be able to use English well.
  • Have a government-issued Social Security number, which the university needs to pay you back.

Who can't join

  • Be age 17 or younger.
  • Have a known or suspected intellectual disability or problems with learning and thinking.
  • Have substance use along with psychosis (trouble knowing what is real) that goes away after substances leave the body, without mental health medicines.
  • Have symptoms so severe that you cannot finish tests of health understanding, views about treatment, and IQ (thinking skills) during your hospital stay.
  • Not be able to use English well.
  • Not have a government-issued Social Security number.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted to the University Medical Center-New Orleans (UMCNO) inpatient behavioral health unit ages 18 and older with a new or previous diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder outside of substance use disorders * Patients must be proficient in English. * Patients must have a government issued social security number (required for reimbursement through the university). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients at UMCNO that are ages 17 or younger * Patients with SSD and concomitant intellectual disability, as evidenced by prior documented history on chart review or patients suspected to have intellectual disability or impairment based on clinical interactions * Patients with concomitant substance use and documentation of psychosis being resolved after a period of washout and without the use of psychotropic medications * Patients unable to complete health literacy assessments, attitude towards treatment assessments, and IQ testing due to severity of symptoms during hospitalization * Patients that are not proficient in English * Patients that do not have a government issued social security number

Study sites (1)

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