000298622 001__ 298622 000298622 005__ 20250819094547.0 000298622 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3389/fdgth.2025.1455143 000298622 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:39925640 000298622 0247_ $$2pmc$$apmc:PMC11802532 000298622 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:173618005 000298622 037__ $$aDKFZ-2025-00322 000298622 041__ $$aEnglish 000298622 082__ $$a610 000298622 1001_ $$aLange-Drenth, Lukas$$b0 000298622 245__ $$aDevelopment and effectiveness evaluation of an interactive e-learning environment to enhance digital health literacy in cancer patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 000298622 260__ $$aLausanne$$bFrontiers Media$$c2025 000298622 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000298622 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000298622 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1755589522_6399 000298622 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000298622 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000298622 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000298622 500__ $$a#LA:M100# 000298622 520__ $$aThe Internet allows cancer patients to access information about their disease at any time. However, the quality of online information varies widely and is often inaccurate or does not provide all the details patients need to make informed decisions. Additionally, patients' often limited ability to find and evaluate cancer-related online information can lead to misinformation.An interactive e-learning environment to promote digital health literacy will be developed and evaluated for effectiveness.Cancer patients who use the e-learning environment (IG1.1-IG1.3) or the content of the environment as a non-interactive PDF file (IG2) will show greater improvement in their digital health literacy from baseline to 8 weeks after baseline compared to patients who receive no such intervention, but are referred to a standard information brochure.The hypothesis will be tested in a stratified randomized controlled superiority trial with five parallel groups and the primary endpoint of digital health literacy. In an e-learning environment, patients will learn strategies to use when searching for reliable cancer-related online information. During development, a prototype will be refined through focus groups and tested for usability by experts and patients. 660 cancer patients will be recruited using convenience sampling and randomly assigned in a 3:1:1 ratio to IG1.1-IG1.3 (three variants of the environment), IG2, or the control group. Two thirds of the 660 participants will be recruited through the German Cancer Information Service (CIS) and one third through non-CIS routes. Allocation will follow stratified randomization, accounting for recruitment route (CIS vs. non-CIS) and cancer type (breast cancer vs. other cancers), with variable block length. The primary outcome, digital health literacy, will be measured at baseline, 2 weeks, and 8 weeks after baseline.If the results support the primary hypothesis, then the e-learning environment could empower patients to retrieve more reliable information about their disease. 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