Health numeracy and health literacy within the context of management of patients with human immunodeficiency virus

Gakumo, C. Ann; Vance, David E.; Moneyham, Linda; Deupree, Joy; Estrada, Carlos A.

doi:10.2147/nrr.s37548

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“…This result may be explained by the fact that the interviewer asks the question to the elderly about what appears on the card, and this may help to improve their level of understanding. Still about these skills and control of diabetic disease, study with (n=383) diabetes (DM2) showed that a poorer blood glucose control was associated with low levels of mathematics or numeracy among participants (29) . But even so, it is visible by the results of this study that the reading comprehension was more committed to the applied test, suggesting that how the written information are delivered to users in the health service, can not be understood by them, or are written in a way that requires higher education, or may also contain words that hinder understanding.…”

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“…Also, the population that has higher chances of having low FHL, the highlights are the elderly, those who receive low wages, the unemployed, people with low education, cognitive, auditory and visual impairment, ethnic minorities groups and immigrants (29)(30) . In a Brazilian study (10,12) about the FHL, the researchers recommend its assessment of primary health care and the possibility of its inclusion in the agenda of public policies to strengthen health promotion actions, similarly to what happens in developed countries such as the US, Canada, UK, Australia, among others.…”

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Condições do letramento funcional em saúde de um grupo de idosos diabéticos

Santos

Portella

2016

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

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Objective: to evaluate the conditions of functional health literacy of an elderly diabetics group. Method: cross-sectional and descriptive study, with diabetic's elderly assisted in the SUS (N=114). The social and health conditions were evaluated as well as functional health literacy by S-TOFHLA test (short version); the simple proportions, average, standard deviation and Pearson's Chi-square were described by SPSS software (20.0) with α=5% value. Results: the mean age was 67.4 years, 74.0% of the elderly were women, had up to four years of schooling; 29.8% had a long-standing illness, 64.0% reported having high blood pressure, 47.4% smoke or were smokers, 73.7% had low functional health literacy, which was associated with schooling p=0.001. Conclusions: the low functional health literacy could be a self-care conditioning and can be infl uenced by low schooling because it implies to have skills to understand and make decisions aimed at self-management of health. Key words: Health Literacy; Elderly; Diabetes; Gerontological Nursing, Collective Health. RESUMO Objetivo: foi avaliar as condições de letramento funcional em saúde de um grupo de idosos diabéticos. Método: estudo seccional e descritivo, com idosos diabéticos assistidos no SUS (N = 114). Avaliaram-se os condicionantes sociais e da saúde, bem como de letramento funcional em saúde pelo teste S-TOFHLA (versão-breve); descreveram-se as proporções simples, média, desvio-padrão e teste do Qui-quadrado de Pearson pelo software SPSS (20.0) com valor α = 5%. Resultados: a média da idade foi 67,4 anos, 74,0% dos idosos eram mulheres, possuíam até 4 anos de escolaridade; 29,8% tinham a doença de longa data, 64,0% relataram ter hipertensão arterial, 47,4% eram ou foram fumantes, 73,7% apresentaram baixo letramento funcional em saúde, que se mostrou associado com a escolaridade p=0,001. Conclusões: o baixo letramento funcional em saúde pode ser condicionante do autocuidado e pode ser infl uenciado pela baixa escolaridade, pois implica em ter habilidades para compreender e tomar decisões voltadas à autogestão da saúde. Descritores: Alfabetização em Saúde; Idoso; Diabetes; Enfermagem Gerontológica, Saúde Coletiva. RESUMENObjetivo: fue evaluar las condiciones de alfabetización funcional en la salud de un grupo de ancianos diabéticos. Método: estudio seccional y descriptivo, con ancianos diabéticos asistidos en el SUS (N = 114). Se evaluaron las condicionantes sociales y de la salud, así como de alfabetización funcional en la salud por la prueba S-TOFHLA (versión breve); se describieron las proporciones simples, media, desviación estándar y prueba del Chi-cuadrado de Pearson por el software SPSS (20.0) con valor α = 5%. Resultados: la media de edad fue 67,4 años, 74,0% de los ancianos eran mujeres, poseían hasta 4 años de escolaridad; 29,8% tenían la enfermedad desde hacía mucho tiempo, 64,0% relataron tener hipertensión arterial, 47,4% eran o fueron fumadores, 73,7% presentaron baja alfabetización funcional en salud, que se mostró asociada con la escolaridad p=...

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confidence: 99%

Condições do letramento funcional em saúde de um grupo de idosos diabéticos

Santos

Portella

2016

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

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“…An obvious limitation of self-reported health information is that these data are subject to recall bias, coupled with poor health literacy and numeracy (Gakumo, Vance, Moneyham, Deupree, & Estrada, 2013). In the larger parent study, electronic medical chart extraction will be performed to verify self-reports in the entire sample.…”

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The Potential of Computerized Cognitive Training on HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: A Case Comparison Study

Hossain

Fazeli²,

Tende³

et al. 2017

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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“…Variability in literacy, health numeracy, and health literacy of the study sample could have impacted the accuracy of self-reported data and may have impacted the study findings (Gakumo, Vance, Moneyham, Deupree, & Estrada, 2013). As the medical community strives to achieve improved patient-centered health outcomes, additional steps to explore aspects of symptom burden are warranted.…”

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Identifying Symptom Patterns in People Living With HIV Disease

Wilson¹,

Azuero²,

Vance³

et al. 2016

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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Symptoms guide disease management, and patients frequently report HIV-related symptoms, but HIV symptom patterns reported by patients have not been described in the era of improved antiretroviral treatment. The objectives of our study were to investigate the prevalence and burden of symptoms in people living with HIV and attending an outpatient clinic. The prevalence, burden, and bothersomeness of symptoms reported by patients in routine clinic visits during 2011 were assessed using the 20-item HIV Symptom Index. Principal component analysis was used to identify symptom clusters and relationships between groups using appropriate statistic techniques. Two main clusters were identified. The most prevalent and bothersome symptoms were muscle aches/joint pain, fatigue, and poor sleep. A third of patients had seven or more symptoms, including the most burdensome symptoms. Even with improved antiretroviral drug side-effect profiles, symptom prevalence and burden, independent of HIV viral load and CD4+ T cell count, are high.

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Health numeracy and health literacy within the context of management of patients with human immunodeficiency virus

Cited by 8 publications

References 47 publications

Condições do letramento funcional em saúde de um grupo de idosos diabéticos

Condições do letramento funcional em saúde de um grupo de idosos diabéticos

The Potential of Computerized Cognitive Training on HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: A Case Comparison Study

Identifying Symptom Patterns in People Living With HIV Disease

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