Ashley J. Housten|Lisa M. Lowenstein|Diana S. Hoover|Viola B. Leal|Geetanjali R. Kamath|Robert J. Volk
Limitations of the S-TOFHLA in measuring poor numeracy: a cross-sectional study
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center|The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center|The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center|The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center|The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston|The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
although short test functional health literacy adults stofhla widely used misidentification individuals low health literacy hl specific hl dimensions like numeracy concern examined degree individuals scored adequate hl stofhla would considered low hl two additional numerical measuresenglishspeaking adults aged 4575 years recruited large urban academic medical center community foodbank united states participants completed stofhla subjective numeracy scale sns graphical literacy measure gl objective measure persons ability interpret numeric information presented graphically established cutpoints median split classified participants high low numeracyparticipants n 187 average aged 58 years 63 female 70 blackafrican american 45 high school degree less scored adequate stofhla 50 scored low sns 40 scored low gl correlation stofhla sns total moderate r 022 n 186 p 001 correlation stofhla gl total large r 053 n 187 p 001findings suggest stofhla may capture individuals hl dimension numeracy efforts needed develop encompassing practical strategies identifying low hl use research clinical practicenct02151032 retrospectively registered may 30 2014