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Evaluation of Health Literacy in Plastic Surgery Using a Crowdsourced Patient Survey
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little known levels health literacy hl among plastic reconstructive surgery prs patients compared general population study aimed characterize hl levels patients interested plastic surgery identify potential risk factors associated inadequate levels hl among populationamazons mechanical turk used distribute survey chews brief health literacy screener used evaluate level hl cohort divided two groups nonprs prs groups four subgroups created cosmetic noncosmetic reconstructive nonreconstructive groups multivariable logistic regression model constructed assess associations levels hl sociodemographic characteristicsa total 510 responses analyzed study 34 participants belong prs group 66 nonprs group inadequate levels hl evidenced 52 50 participants nonprs prs groups respectively p 0780 difference hl levels found noncosmetic versus cosmetic groups p 0783 statistically significant difference hl levels evidenced nonreconstructive versus reconstructive groups holding sociodemographic factors constant 029 95 ci 015058 p 0001inadequate levels hl present almost half cohort highlights importance adequately assessing hl levels patients utmost importance evaluate hl clinical practice using evidencebased criteria better inform educate patients interested plastic surgery