Youssoufa M. Ousseine|Marie?Anne Durand|Anne-Déborah Bouhnik|Allan ‘Ben’ Smith|Julien Mancini
Multiple health literacy dimensions are associated with physicians’ efforts to achieve shared decision-making
Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics|Inserm|Institut de Recherche pour le Développement|Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice|Dartmouth College|Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics|Inserm|Institut de Recherche pour le Développement|University of Sydney|Ingham Institute|UNSW Sydney|Inserm|Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics|Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
shared decisionmaking sdm health care widely encouraged however sdm occur patients need able obtain understand apply medical information aim assess relationship health literacy hl numeracy sdm using french translations validated measures crosssectional survey using selfadministered online questionnaire proposed members seintinelles association several scales used measure hl fcchl 3hlqsils numeracy sns3 sdm process collaborate explore interrelationships data 2 299 respondents 967 women 461 history cancer analysed measurement scales showed adequate psychometric properties functional hl communicative hl numeracy positively associated sdm significant relation observed critical hl sdm furthermore perceived difficulties asking physicians questions deprivation negatively associated sdm patient support reach sdm requires high levels hl particularly functional communicative domains efforts must made improve access understanding health information brief selfreported measures could used screen low levels health literacy tailor information accordingly improve patient involvement healthcare decisionmaking