Testing the utility of the newest vital sign (NVS) health literacy assessment tool in older African-American patients

• Published in: Patient education and counseling Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 505 - 507
• Main Authors: Patel, Pragnesh J., Joel, Steinberg, Rovena, Goveas, Pedireddy, Sailja, Saad, Saima, Rachmale, Ruchi, Shukla, Meghna, Deol, B. Bibban, Cardozo, Lavosier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.12.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: African Americans - statistics & numerical data; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Black American people; Cohort Studies; Educational Status; Elderly; Elderly people; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Health education; Health literacy; Health Literacy - methods; Health Literacy - trends; Humans; Internal Medicine; Literacy; Male; Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data; Mass Screening - utilization; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Newest vital sign health literacy assessment tool; Patients; Predictive Value of Tests; Primary Health Care - methods; Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Screening; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Factors; Vital Signs; Newest vital sign health literacy assessment tool; Health literacy; Elderly; Human; Evaluation; Questionnaire; Education level; Evaluation scale; Health; Knowledge

To evaluate utility of the newest vital sign (NVS) which can be completed in 3min compared to the short version test of functional literacy in adults (S-TOFHLA) that takes 7min for health literacy in the older African American patients. We enrolled 62 older (age>65 years) African American patient...