Diabetes Care's hidden hurdle: can patients understand the advice?
NCT ID NCT06437782
First seen Sep 14, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers want to understand how well people with diabetes in Reunion Island and mainland France can find, understand, and use health information. About 1,350 patients with type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes who receive hospital care complete a one-time questionnaire called the Health Literacy Questionnaire. The survey produces nine separate scores covering different skills, such as finding information and understanding medical advice. The goal is to identify where support and education could be improved.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If the survey reveals where health literacy is weakest, clinics could tailor diabetes education and information to the people who need it most.
- What could go wrong
- This is a one-time questionnaire, not a treatment. It can describe patterns but cannot prove that any change in education would improve diabetes outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,350 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with type 1 diabetes (strict insulin dependence, or anti-GAD, anti-IA2, and/or anti-ZnT8 + antibodies) with a hybrid closed-loop insulin therapy system for at least 3 months , diabetes of type 2 (non-insulin-dependent or insulin-requiring, with negative anti-GAD, anti-IA2, and/or anti-ZnT8 Ab if diabetes has been diagnosed for less than 5 years at the time of insulin therapy), or diabetes during pregnancy: gestational diabetes (diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy according to the diagnostic criteria of French recommendations), or pre-existing diabetes (known or not) with pregnancy.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Patient with type 1, 2 or gestational diabetes taken care in hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Patient unable to understand and respect study procedures * Patient with cognitive disorder * Patient with serious acute complication due to diabetes within 15 days before inclusion * Stroke history with neurologic consequences * Other specific types of diabetes : chronic calcific pancreatitis, iatrogenic, other secondary diabetes, rare monogenic or genetic diabetes due to insulin resistance
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de La Réunion
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSaint-Denis, 97400, Reunion
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CHU de La Réunion
RECRUITINGSaint-Denis, Reunion
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