Adapting Enhanced Recovery Programs for Low Health Literacy Patients
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1,050 participants
Jun 15, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
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Summary
Low health literacy patients are a vulnerable population at high-risk for surgical disparities including longer hospital stays, more complications, and more readmissions. This study will adapt enhanced recovery programs (ERPs) to low health literacy patients with a multilevel, health literacy-based implementation strategy (called VISACT - VISuAl aids, Coach providers in communication, and Train organizations in health literacy) to improve ERP fidelity and thereby outcomes. In the final aim of this project (Specific Aim 3), the VISACT intervention will be tested in a pilot trial. Findings from this study will lay the foundation for a multi-institutional stepped-wedge trial and establish key principles for adapting interventions to eliminate disparities.
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Interventions
The intervention is an implementation strategy called VISACT: VISuAl aids, Coach providers in communication, and Train organizations in health literacy. This strategy will be delivered to patients, providers, and organizations through a novel interactive response platform.
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NCT06356558