Simple scoring algorithm to identify community-dwelling older adults with limited health literacy: a cross-sectional study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health literacy (HL) is the degree of individuals' capacity to access, understand, appraise and apply health information and services required to make appropriate health decisions. This study aimed to establish a predictive algorithm for identifying community-dwelling older adults with a high risk of limited HL.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Four communities in northern, central and southern Taiwan.

Participants

A total of 648 older adults were included. Moreover, 85% of the core data set was used to generate the prediction model for the scoring algorithm, and 15% was used to test the fitness of the model.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Pearson's χ² test and multiple logistic regression were used to identify the sig

SUBMITTER: Hou WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627398 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature