Measuring adult literacy in health care: performance of the newest vital sign.
2007; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 31 Suppl 1; Linguagem: Inglês
10.5555/ajhb.2007.31.supp.s36
AutoresChandra Y. Osborn, Barry D. Weiss, Terry C. Davis, Silvia Skripkauskas, Christopher Rodrigue, Pat F. Bass, Michael S. Wolf,
Tópico(s)Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
ResumoTo compare performance of the newest vital sign (NVS) with existing literacy measures.We administered the NVS and REALM to 129 patients, and NVS and S-TOFHLA to 119 patients all in public clinics.The NVS demonstrated high sensitivity for detecting limited literacy and moderate specificity (area under the receiver operating characteristic [AUROC] curve 0.71-0.73). The NVS was less effective than the S-TOFHLA for predicting health outcomes.The NVS is able to identify patients with limited literacy skills, but may misclassify those with adequate literacy according to the REALM and S-TOFHLA. NVS scores were not associated with health outcomes.
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