Min Young Kim, Seieun Oh
Nurses' Perspectives on Health Education and Health Literacy of Older Patients
International journal of environmental research and public health
study elucidates preoperative anxiety pa information need health literacy hl levels elective preoperative sample switzerland examines possible associations pa patients characteristics knowing patient dimensions influence perioperative outcomes one tailor individualized nursing interventions improve patients surgical experience crosssectional correlational study sample consisted 88 patients underwent preoperative consultation swiss tertiary hosptial patients pa assessed using anxiety preoperative information scale hl measured using functional communicative critical health literacy scale data patient characteristics collected patients physicians electronic patient records association tests well univariate regressions performed pa hl patient characteristics among participants 4091 7841 59 reported pa low hl respectively finally pa associated hl solitary living american society anesthesiology score high proportion patients scheduled presurgical consultation found anxious presented high low hl examination patients paassociated characteristics help improve surgical experience studies examine paassociated characteristics