Erin E. Morgan|Jennifer E. Iudicello|Jordan E. Cattie|Kaitlin Blackstone|Igor Grant|Steven Paul Woods
Neurocognitive Impairment is Associated with Lower Health Literacy Among Persons Living with HIV Infection
University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego
study sought determine effects hivassociated neurocognitive disorders hand health literacy encompasses ability access understand appraise apply healthrelated information participants included 56 hiv seropositive individuals 24 met frascati criteria hand 24 seronegative subjects comparable age education ethnicity oral word reading participant administered brief battery wellvalidated measures health literacy including expanded numeracy scale ens newest vital sign nvs rapid estimate adult literacy medicine realm brief health literacy screen bhls results revealed significant omnibus differences ens nvs driven poorer performance hand group significant differences realm bhls hand status among individuals hand lower scores nvs associated greater severity neurocognitive dysfunction eg working memory verbal fluency selfreported dependence activities daily living preliminary findings suggest hand hinders fundamental ie basic knowledge numeracy critical ie comprehension application healthcare information health literacy capacities therefore may important factor prevalence health illiteracy health literacyfocused intervention may play important role treatment health trajectories among persons living hiv infection