Improving Health Literacy in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

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Conditions studied: Schizophrenia Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Psychosis

In brief

The Impact of Health Literacy on the Attitudes toward Pharmacological Treatment in Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder This interventional study is aimed at: * assessing and improving the health literacy and * assessing the attitude towards treatment of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders while they are admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07488156

Run by

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans

People needed

34

Starts

2026-03-01

Expected to finish

2028-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients admitted to the University Medical Center-New Orleans (UMCNO) inpatient behavioral health unit ages 18 and older with a new or previous diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder outside of substance use disorders
• Patients must be proficient in English.
• Patients must have a government issued social security number (required for reimbursement through the university).

You may not qualify if…

• Patients at UMCNO that are ages 17 or younger
• Patients with SSD and concomitant intellectual disability, as evidenced by prior documented history on chart review or patients suspected to have intellectual disability or impairment based on clinical interactions
• Patients with concomitant substance use and documentation of psychosis being resolved after a period of washout and without the use of psychotropic medications
• Patients unable to complete health literacy assessments, attitude towards treatment assessments, and IQ testing due to severity of symptoms during hospitalization
• Patients that are not proficient in English
• Patients that do not have a government issued social security number

Where it is running

• University Medical Center — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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