Pat F. Bass|John F. Wilson|Charles H. Griffith|Don R. Barnett
Residents? Ability to Identify Patients with Poor Literacy Skills
University of Louisville|University of Kentucky|University of Louisville|University of Kentucky|University of Louisville|University of Kentucky|University of Louisville|University of Kentucky
determine whether residents could identify patients poor literacy skills based clinical interactions continuity clinic visit authors hypothesized residents would overestimate patients literacy abilities fail recognize many patients risk poor literacythe rapid estimate adult literacy medicinerevised realmr administered screen patients potential literacy problems residents asked feel patient literacy problem answered yes continuity adjusted chisquare used test overestimation literacy abilities residentsrealmr scores residents evaluations literacy available 182 patients residents believed 10 patients 18 literacy problems based clinical interactions three patients passing literacy screen incorrectly identified risk literacy 90 patients 164 residents perceived literacy problem 36 59 failed literacy screenresident physicians overestimated literacy abilities patients significant portion residents patients may skills effectively interact health care system increased risk adverse outcomes