Ullrich K H Ecker, Stephan Lewandowsky, Ee Pin Chang, Rekha Pillai
The effects of subtle misinformation in news headlines
Journal of experimental psychology. Applied
patients limited health literacy difficulty understanding injuries postoperative treatment negatively affect outcomes crosssectional questionnairebased study 103 adult patients sought quantify patients health literacy single county hospitals orthopedic trauma clinic examine ability understand injuries treatment plans demographics newest vital sign nvs health literacy assessment knowledge scores used assess patients comprehension injuries treatment plan patients grouped nvs score nvs 4 limited health literacy fishers exact tests tests used compare demographic comprehension scores multivariate logistic regression analysis used examine association among low health literacy sociodemographic variables knowledge scores 103 patients 75 determined limited health literacy patients younger 30 years likely adequate literacy 50 vs 23 p01 patients spoke spanish primary language 877 times likely limited health literacy respect sociodemographic factors odds ratio 877 95 ci 1037692 p04 low health literacy 352 414 times likely predict discordance answers specific bone fractures narcotics prescribed p04 p02 respectively spanishspeaking patients demonstrated limited health literacy difficulty understanding injuries postoperative treatment plans compared englishspeaking patients patients low health literacy likely unsure regarding bone fractured prescribed opiates orthopedics 202x4xxxxxx