U P Rathnakar|Madhuri Belman|Ashwin Kamath|Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan|Nandita Shenoy|A L Udupa
Evaluation of Health Literacy Status Among Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Coastal Karnataka, India
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|University of the West Indies
people limited health literacy likely make medication errors less health knowledge worse health status hospitalizations higher healthcare costs people adequate literacy objective study assess health literacy status among patients able read understand english attending tertiary care hospital using rapid estimate adult literacy medicine realm technique compare health literacy levels educational status baseline characteristicsa widely used word recognition method realm used assess hl status 200 patients attending tertiary care hospital southern india number correctly pronounced words used assign gradeequivalent reading level scores 0 44 indicate reading skills 6th grade level scores 45 60 represent skills 7th 8th grade level scores 60 indicate skills highschool level higherhl status found adequate level 50 patients younger age group showed better hl scores compared aged 25 years general education level medium education truly reflect hl levels brought study even postgraduate qualification poor hl skillsthe study carried find hl levels among patients attending tertiary care hospital assumed general education levels may reflect true hl status view results study concluded patients hl skills taken granted adequate attention paid educating briefing patients whenever patients required interpret understand health care related documents