Elizabeth Tighe, Christopher Schatschneider
A Dominance Analysis Approach to Determining Predictor Importance in Third, Seventh, and Tenth Grade Reading Comprehension Skills
Reading and writing
patients health literacy increasingly recognized critical factor affecting health communication outcomes performed study assess levels health literacy using rapid estimate adult literacy medicine realm newest vital sign nvs instruments patients n 456 family medicine clinic completed inperson interviews realm nvs tests translated turkish language translationback translation process additional questions regarding demographic characteristics also collected mean scores mean standard error realm nvs 6029 032 260 008 respectively realm test scores showed 27 inadequate less equal 6th grade 386 marginal 7th 8th grade 587 greater equal 9th grade adequate health literacy nvs test score revealed proportion 281 adequate health literacy educational attainment important demographic characteristic found related health literacy reading vocabulary skills better numerical capabilities female primary school educated poor economic condition participants older lowest scores tests