Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of brief health literacy and numeracy screening instruments in an urban emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of five health literacy screening instruments in emergency department (ED) patients: the Rapid Evaluation of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Revised (REALM-R), the Newest Vital Sign (NVS), Single Item Literacy Screens (SILS), health numeracy, and physician gestalt. A secondary objective was to evaluate the feasibility of these instruments as measured by administration time, time on task, and interruptions during test administration.

Methods

This was a prospective observational cross-sectional study of a convenience sampling of adult patients presenting during March 2011 and February 2012 to one urban university-affiliated ED. Subjects were consenting non-critically ill, English-speaking patients over the age of 18 y

SUBMITTER: Carpenter CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4042843 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature