Co-Creation of a Multi-Component Health Literacy Intervention Targeting Both Patients with Mild to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease and Health Care Professionals

Marco D. Boonstra, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Gerjan Navis, Ralf Westerhuis and Andrea F. de Winter
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Marco D. Boonstra: Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
Sijmen A. Reijneveld: Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
Gerjan Navis: Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
Ralf Westerhuis: Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
Andrea F. de Winter: Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-19

Abstract: Limited health literacy (LHL) is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and frequently associated with worse self-management. Multi-component interventions targeted at patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs) are recommended, but evidence is limited. Therefore, this study aims to determine the objectives and strategies of such an intervention, and to develop, produce and evaluate it. For this purpose, we included CKD patients with LHL ( n = 19), HCPs ( n = 15), educators ( n = 3) and students ( n = 4) from general practices, nephrology clinics and universities in an Intervention Mapping (IM) process. The determined intervention objectives especially address the patients’ competences in maintaining self-management in the long term, and communication competences of patients and HCPs. Patients preferred visual strategies and strategies supporting discussion of needs and barriers during consultations to written and digital strategies. Moreover, they preferred an individual approach to group meetings. We produced a four-component intervention, consisting of a visually attractive website and topic-based brochures, consultation cards for patients, and training on LHL for HCPs. Evaluation revealed that the intervention was useful, comprehensible and fitting for patients’ needs. Healthcare organizations need to use visual strategies more in patient education, be careful with digitalization and group meetings, and train HCPs to improve care for patients with LHL. Large-scale research on the effectiveness of similar HL interventions is needed.

Keywords: chronic kidney disease; health literacy; self-management; communication; patient education; intervention; professional training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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