Machi Suka|Takeshi Odajima|Masayuki Okamoto|Masahiko Sumitani|Takeo Nakayama|Hiroki Sugimori
Reading comprehension of health checkup reports and health literacy in Japanese people
Jikei University School of Medicine|Japanese Red Cross Society, Japan|The University of Tokyo|University of Tokyo Hospital|Kyoto University|Daito Bunka University
determine reading comprehension health checkup reports context health literacy hl japanese people webbased survey conducted among 424 japanese adults aged 3559 years participants asked read specifically designed health checkup reports answer series questions examine whether accomplished fundamental purposes health checkup reports recognition problems recognition risk illness recognition need preventive action motivation preventive action hl simultaneously measured using 14item health literacy scale hls14 11item lipkus scale lipkusj newest vital sign nvsj 70 study subjects misread normalabnormal classification least one items lower hls14 scores significantly less likely recognize problems risk illness need preventive action examinee also less likely express willingness take preventive action compliance doctors advice received health checkup report compared hls14 scores lipkusj nvsj scores showed hardly association reading comprehension health checkup reports examinees always adequate level hl hl may major determinant reading comprehension health checkup reports effective health checkups health promotion service providers become aware existence examinees inadequate hl address problem misreading health checkup results