2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102009005000031
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Abstract: Desempenho de uma população brasileira no teste de alfabetização funcional para adultos na área de saúde ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE:To analyze the scoring obtained by an instrument, which evaluates the ability to read and understand items in the health care setting, according to education and age. METHODS:The short version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults was administered to 312 healthy participants of different ages and years of schooling. The study was conducted between 2006 and 2007, in the city … Show more

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“…Although the study focused on functional ilAlthough the study focused on functional illiteracy, the cognitive impairment in the elderly population cannot be excluded as a limiting factor to adherence to treatment. 8 Considering that 39% of the patients on a chronic HD program in Brazil 9 are over the age of 60 years, and that in the sample studied 71% of the patients had cognitive impairment at that age, we believe that the multiprofessional team should be encouraged to adopt a simpler and more direct approach. In addition, instruction sessions should be provided to caregivers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Although the study focused on functional ilAlthough the study focused on functional illiteracy, the cognitive impairment in the elderly population cannot be excluded as a limiting factor to adherence to treatment. 8 Considering that 39% of the patients on a chronic HD program in Brazil 9 are over the age of 60 years, and that in the sample studied 71% of the patients had cognitive impairment at that age, we believe that the multiprofessional team should be encouraged to adopt a simpler and more direct approach. In addition, instruction sessions should be provided to caregivers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…In studies with the elderly, the percentage was 51.6% (32) , and in adults, this percentage was 68.1% (33) . This can be explained since the samples studied had different characteristics of the studies of this IR, in relation to income and education, which are factors that influence directly on the results of FHL (34) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Concerning design, the majority of the studies was observational and cross-sectional (n= 22; 81.5%) (11,12,(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(20)(21)(22)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(35)(36)(37) , and some received additional specifications: 3 were pilot studies (11.1%) (20,24,25) , 4 were multi-center studies (14.8%) (11,16,17,30) , and 5 focused on validation of assessment instruments (18.5%) (22,26,31,32,37) . Randomized clinical trials -studies that present higher levels of scientific evidence -totaled only 4 occurrences (14.8%) (19,23,33,34) , and 2 of them were multi-center studies (7.4%) (33,34) .…”
Section: Methodological and Contextual Characteristics Of The Selectementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Only 1 study presented a pretest/posttest design (3.7%) (13) . Among the instrument validation studies, 3 (60.0%) translated and adapted health literacy assessment tests to local languages in Serbia and Brazil: TOFHLA and STOFHLA to Serbian (22) ; STOFHLA to Portuguese (37) ; SAHLSA (test in Spanish adapted from REALM) to Portuguese, originating SAHLPA-50 and SAHLPA-18 (26) . The other 2 studies (40.0%) proposed to develop new health literacy assessment instruments, both in the United States: Health LiTT (31) and METER (which includes many words from REALM) (32) .…”
Section: Methodological and Contextual Characteristics Of The Selectementioning
confidence: 99%
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