Tim V. Johnson|Ammara Abbasi|Renee Kleris|Samantha S. Ehrlich|Echo Barthwaite|Jennifer DeLong|Viraj A. Master
Assessment of single-item literacy questions, age, and education level in the prediction of low health numeracy
Wills Eye Hospital|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Wills Eye Hospital|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Wills Eye Hospital|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Wills Eye Hospital|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Wills Eye Hospital|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Wills Eye Hospital|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Wills Eye Hospital|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
objective determining patients health literacy important optimum patient care singleitem questions exist screening written health literacy sought assess predictive potential three common screening questions along patient age education level prediction low health numerical literacy numeracy methods demographic educational information obtained 441 patients administered three health literacy screening questions threeitem schwartzwoloshin numeracy scale administered assess low health numeracy score 0 3 score served reference standard receiver operating characteristics roc curve analysis roc curves constructed used determine area curve auc higher auc suggests increased statistical significance results none three screening questions significant predictors low health numeracy however education level significant predictor low health numeracy auc 95 ci 0811 07200902 measure specificity 953 cutoff 12 years education 12 versus 12 years education nonsensitive conclusion common singleitem questions used screen written health literacy ineffective screening tools health numeracy however low education level specific predictor low health numeracy