Caroline Smith|Esther Chang|Gisselle Gallego|Afshan Rahim Khan|Mike Armour|Lynda G. Balneaves
An education intervention to improve decision making and health literacy among older Australians: a randomised controlled trial
Western Sydney University|Western Sydney University|The University of Notre Dame Australia|Western Sydney University|Western Sydney University|University of Manitoba
national policies seek involve older australians decisions regarding care however research found varying levels decision selfefficacy health literacy skills increasing number older australians use complementary medicine cm examined effectiveness cm educational intervention delivered using web dvd plus booklet format increase older adults decision selfefficacy health literacy randomised controlled trial conducted recruited individuals aged 65 years living retirement villages participating community groups sydney australia participants randomly allocated receive cm education intervention delivered using website dvd plus booklet versus booklet primary outcome decision selfefficacy secondary outcome included preparation decisionmaking scale health literacy outcomes collected 3 weeks 2 months baseline analysed using adjusted anova repeated measures anova randomised 153 participants follow 3 weeks 2 months completed 131 participants 14 n 22 attrition rate end intervention found significant differences groups decision selfefficacy mean difference md 38 95 confidence interval ci 20 96 p 020 differences groups nine health literacy domains preparation decisionmaking scale 80 participants groups rated content excellent good decision selfefficacy improved participants differ groups decision selfefficacy health literacy outcomes influenced delivery education using website dvd booklet participants found resources useful rated content good excellent cm web dvd booklet resources potential wider application trial registered australian new zealand clinical trials registry actrn actrn12616000135415 trial registered 5 february 2016