Amresh Hanchate|Arlene S. Ash|Julie A. Gazmararian|Michael S. Wolf|Michael K. Paasche?Orlow
The Demographic Assessment for Health Literacy (DAHL): A New Tool for Estimating Associations between Health Literacy and Outcomes in National Surveys
Boston University|Boston University|Emory University|Northwestern University|Boston University
impute limited health literacy commonly measured sociodemographic data compare shorttest functional health literacy adults stofhla estimating influence limited health literacy health status elderlythe prudential medicare study assesses stofhla score leading reference standard classification 25 people inadequate literacy national health interview survey assessment estimated regression stofhla sex age years schooling raceethnicity prudential medicare study data derive demographic assessment health literacy dahl score imputed inadequate literacy 25 lowest dahl scores using regression examined associations several health status measures including hypertension diabetes physical mental sf12 inadequate literacy imputed testbasedestimates association using imputed inadequate literacy closely approximate obtained using stofhlabased inadequate literacy outcomes examinedas population surveys measure health literacy dahl readily calculated health literacy proxy score may useful expanding scope health literacy research national survey data