Rashmi Singh|Laura Scott Coyne|Lorraine S. Wallace
Brief screening items to identify spanish-speaking adults with limited health literacy and numeracy skills
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center|University of Kentucky|The Ohio State University
limited health literacy hl numeracy shown associated wide array poor healthrelated outcomes knowledge behaviors purpose study evaluate clinical utility brief hl numeracy screening items identifying spanishspeaking adults hl numeracy skills studied convenience samples native spanishspeaking adults columbus ohio trained research assistant administered sociodemographic items hl numeracy screening items short assessment health literacy sahl newest vital sign nvs participants spanish participants n 151 averaged 368 110 years age 547 female average sahl score 157 28 range 4 18 average nvs score 17 15 range 0 6 confident filling medical forms performed best detecting limited nvs scores auroc 066 95 confidence interval ci 057075 limitedmarginal nvs scores auroc 075 95 ci 065084 inadequate sahl scores auroc 069 95 ci 058079 single hl screening item useful quickly estimating hl numeracy skills native spanishspeaking adults