Liver Cirrhosis Patients' Digital Health Literacy and Perspective on Digital Healthcare, a Multicenter Questionnaire Study

The goal of this study is to investigate digital health literacy in liver cirrhosis patients.

Participants will fill in two questionnaires by email or mail.

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Key information

Conditions

Liver Cirrhosis Digestive System Diseases Fibrosis Liver Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Maastricht University Medical Center

Maastricht, Netherlands

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Liver cirrhosis diagnosis, based on liver biopsy, fibroscan (elastography), radiographic imaging and/or clinical criteria according to applied guidelines at the time of inclusion
Age 18 years or older
Treated at Gastroenterology department

Exclusion criteria

Objection to be approached for scientific studies requests, documented in electronic patient record

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire

Other

The patient information, informed consent form and questionnaire will collectively be distributed digitally or by mail to all patients.

Primary outcomes

Digital Health Literacy Instrument 2.0 scores

Time frame: At time of enrollment, single point in time.

Digital health literacy Instrument (DHLI) 2.0 has 24 self-report items. People score how difficult they perceive certain tasks to be and how often they experience certain problems on the Internet. Each item was scored on a 4-point scale, with response options ranging from "very easy" to "very difficult" and from "never" to "often." Scores are reversed, so that a higher score represented a higher level of digital health literacy.
Number of right answers on digital health visualization questionnaire.

Time frame: At time of enrollment, single point in time.

This is a questionnaire with items assessing health visualization literacy. People are shown 20 visualizations with information about their disease and answer a question to test if they understood the information in the visualization. The scores consist of number of right answers, so a higher score represent better digital health visualization.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Maastricht University Medical Center

Other

Collaborators

Gelre Hospitals

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2025
Primary completion: 2025
Study completion: 2025
First posted: Dec 20, 2024
Registry last updated: Sep 26, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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