Factors Associated With Inadequate Health Literacy: An Academic Otolaryngology Clinic Population Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize the prevalence of inadequate health literacy among otolaryngology patients and assess the association of individual patient factors with inadequate health literacy.

Study design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Tertiary academic medical center otolaryngology clinic.

Methods

Adult patients presenting to the clinic were recruited from March to June 2022. Participants completed a validated health literacy questionnaire in the waiting room. Data on age, sex, race, insurance, county of residence, and language were extracted from the electronic medical record, linked to the survey responses, and deidentified for analysis. Logistic regression analyses assessed the association between inadequate health literacy and patient factors.

Results

SUBMITTER: Hearn M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015145 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature