Xia Su, Shuli Ma, Xiaoxi Yang, Can Zhang, Weiwei Chen
Health Literacy Needs of Acute Pancreatitis Patients During the Diagnosis and Treatment Process Under the Lens of the Timing It Right Theory: A Qualitative Study
Patient preference and adherence
growing population demonstrates significant increase incidence thyroid cancer patient access medical records poor health literacy understanding disease severity underscores importance effective accessible patientdoctor communication previous studies patient understanding thyroid pathology reports exist therefore sought characterize health literacy population using modified delphi technique 12question multiplechoice survey regarding common pathology terms possible definitions term synthesized administered patients highvolume endocrine surgery clinic survey results patient demographics history prior thyroid procedure biopsy surgery selfreported health literacy collected data analysis included tests chisquared multivariable linear regression using r survey completed 54 patients response rate 698 univariate analysis white race previous thyroid procedure least high school level education likely score higher survey counterparts p 005 multivariable logistic regression predicting higher survey score race est 248 95 confidence interval 101396 higher educational attainment est 398 95 confidence interval 232564 remained predictive p 005 remaining demographic groups age health literacy confidence previous thyroid procedure show statistically significant difference overall terms thyroid pathology report poorly understood patients exacerbated nonwhite race low educational attainment need patientfacing pathology education