Agathe Delanoë|Johanie Lépine|Maria Esther Leiva Portocarrero|Hubert Robitaille|Stéphane Turcotte|Isabelle Lévesque|Brenda J. Wilson|Anik Giguère|France Légaré
Health literacy in pregnant women facing prenatal screening may explain their intention to use a patient decision aid: a short report
Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec|Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec|Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec|Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec|Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec|Université Laval|University of Ottawa|Université Laval
suggested health literacy may impact use decision aids das among patients facing difficult decisions embedded pilot test questionnaire study aimed measure association health literacy pregnant womens intention use da decide prenatal screening recruited convenience sample 45 pregnant women three clinical sites family practice teaching unit birthing center obstetrical ambulatory care clinic asked participating women complete selfadministered questionnaire assessing intention use da decide prenatal screening assessed health literacy levels using one subjective two objective scalestwo three scales discriminated levels health literacy three numeracy questions three health literacy questions found positive correlation pregnant womens intention use da subjective health literacy spearman coefficient rho 032 p 004 objective health literacy spearman coefficient rho 007 p 065 hence subjective health literacy may affect intention use da among pregnant women facing decision prenatal screeningspecial attention given pregnant women lower health literacy levels increase intention use da ensure every pregnant women give informed valuebased consent prenatal screening