Ba Thinh Nguyen|Toufic El?Khoury|Nimalan Pathma?Nathan|Peter B. Loder|Grahame Ctercteko
Health literacy and quality of life following rectal resections for cancer
Austin Hospital|Westmead Hospital|Westmead Hospital|Westmead Hospital|Westmead Hospital
background health literacy stronger predictor individuals health status income employment status education level racial ethnic group prevalence impact low health literacy rectal cancer patient population received little attention study crosssectional population survey determine relationship health literacy quality life rectal cancer patientsmethods rectal cancer patients clinical encounter colorectal unit westmead hospital invited participate study two validated health literacy screens realmsf nvs administered along eortc qlqc30 quality life assessment association health literacy quality life examined using spearman regressionresults 92 patients recruited march 2015 july 2016 significant proportion patients found low health literacy 293 percent 545 percent measured realmsf nvs respectively mean qlqc30 summary score 715 mean global health score 694 sd 233 appeared statistically significant correlation health literacy quality life study moderately positive correlation nvs realmsf rho 036 p lt0001conclusions significant proportion patients rectal resections cancer low health literacy able demonstrate obvious association health literacy quality life present study