Ali G Alghamdi
Assessing Medical Student Perceptions of Open-Book Exams for Self-Directed Learning
Cureus
goals heart failure hf management include lowering adverse outcomes optimal selfcare health literacy significant role ensuring optimal effective hf selfcare unfortunately proportion low health literacy hf patients higher chronic diseases well general population thus healthcare providers need screen hf patients hfspecific health literacy scale specific questionnaire screen health literacy hf patients however korean version yet validated study aimed investigate reliability validity korean version hfspecific health literacy scale adopted crosssectional study design 386 outpatients chronic hf tertiary care hospital cheonan south korea data collected april december 2020 exploratory factor analysis revealed threefactor functional communicative critical health literacy 12item structure scale result confirmatory factor analysis confirmed good statistical fit data korean version tool demonstrated satisfactory convergent discriminant validity criterion validity analysis revealed significant correlation general health literacy knowledge hf korean version tool 12 items adequate overall internal consistency korean version hfspecific tool easily utilized assessing health literacy level hf patient education moreover tool help healthcare providers develop strategies promoting hf patients health literacy