NCT06479707

Digital Literacy Intervention to Address Support, Literacy and Communication in Older Adults

Digital Literacy Pilot Intervention to Address Support, Literacy and Communication in Older Adults

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators propose a person-directed, values-based digital literacy intervention to address the community-identified barriers of health literacy, health communication and social support to improve quality of life and specific disease related metrics in the older adult's own home. This intervention will be a way to address the community-identified barriers of health literacy, health communication and social support to improve quality of life and specific disease related metrics in the older adult's own home.

Detailed description

This is a one-arm pilot trial to test the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention Digital Literacy Pilot Intervention to Address Support, Literacy and Communication in Older Adults. Each participant will receive 4-6 home visits with 3-4 interim phone calls based on the participant's individual digital literacy needs and goals. Each participant will receive internet connectivity (if not already available), a tablet (if not already available) and tailored action plans co-developed by the participant and the interventionist. In each participant will also have pre and post-intervention visits with the research team. In earlier phases, research team members conducted preliminary activities to design the intervention using Human-Centered Design techniques.

Conditions

• Quality of Life
• Aging
• Technology
• Literacy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Digital Literacy Intervention	This intervention consists of 4-6 home visits with 3-4 interim phone calls based on the participant's individual digital literacy needs and goals. Each participant will receive internet connectivity (if not already available), a tablet (if not already available) and tailored action plans co-developed by the participant and the interventionist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-07
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2026-05-01
• First posted: 2024-06-28
• Last updated: 2026-03-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States