Background: Health literacy screening is often not performed in clinical settings. One
possible reason is the concern about the time involved in performing such assessments. Our …

Purpose: Difficulties in identifying and caring for patients with limited health literacy have
prompted interest in clinical screening to assess health literacy. Little agreement exists …

PURPOSE Current health literacy screening instruments for health care settings are either
too long for routine use or available only in English. Our objective was to develop a quick …

Background: Health literacy has been defined as the ability to obtain, process, and
understand the basic information needed to make appropriate health decisions. Half of …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate utility of the newest vital sign (NVS) which can be completed in
3min compared to the short version test of functional literacy in adults (S-TOFHLA) that takes …

Objective: To compare performance of the newest vital sign (NVS) with existing literacy
measures. Methods: We administered the NVS and REALM to 129 patients, and NVS and S …

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to describe the concept of health literacy, and to
assess health literacy levels in diabetic patients receiving care in primary care settings. Data …

Health literacy refers to the ability of a patient to obtain, communicate, process, and
understand basic information related to health and services. It is estimated that the majority …

Background: Numeracy is an important but understudied component of health literacy (HL).
The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive ability of established general HL …

Background: Existing health literacy assessments developed for research purposes have
constraints that limit their utility for clinical practice, including time requirements and …