Poor health literacy: a 'hidden' risk factor

King, Alexandra

doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2010.122

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“…Specifically, limited health literacy has been associated with nonadherence to treatment plans, increased health care costs, and greater hospitalization rates (King, 2010). Health literacy challenges are common among older adults, who have increased risk from multiple chronic and cardiovascular diseases (King, 2010). For example, patients with heart failure with limited health literacy had a significantly higher rate of unplanned health care use in the 30 days after hospital discharge (48.3%) compared to those with adequate health literacy (34.9%) (Cox et al, 2016).…”

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A Readability Analysis of Online Cardiovascular Disease-Related Health Education Materials

Ayyaswami¹,

Padmanabhan²,

Patel³

et al. 2019

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice

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Background: Online cardiovascular health materials are easily accessible with an Internet connection, but the readability of its content may limit practical use by patients. Objective: The goal of our study was to assess the readability of the most commonly searched Internet health education materials for cardiovascular diseases accessed via Google. Methods: We selected 20 commonly searched cardiovascular disease terms: aneurysm, angina, atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease, deep vein thrombosis, heart attack, heart failure, high blood pressure, pericardial disease, peripheral arterial disease, rheumatic heart disease, stroke, sudden death, valvular heart disease, mini-stroke, lower extremity edema, pulmonary embolism, and exertional dyspnea. Terms were selected on Google and selected up to 10 results in order of presentation in the search results by reviewing a maximum of 15 pages of Google search results specifically providing education toward patients to yield 196 total patient education articles. Key Results: All readability measures assessing grade level measures found the 196 articles were written at a mean 10.9 ( SD = 1.8) grade reading level. Moreover, 99.5% of the articles were written beyond the 5th- to 6th-grade level recommended by the American Medical Association. Conclusions: Given the prominent use of online patient education material, we consider readability as a quality metric that should be evaluated prior to online publication of any health education materials. Further study of how to improve the readability of online materials may enhance patient education, engagement, and health outcomes. [ HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice . 2019;3(2):e74–e80.] Plain Language Summary: Patients often use Google as a tool for understanding their medical conditions. This study examined the readability of articles accessed via Google for commonly searched cardiovascular diseases and found all articles were written above reading grade levels appropriate for patients. We hope this study will promote the importance of ensuring that online patient education articles are written at appropriate reading levels.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Readability Analysis of Online Cardiovascular Disease-Related Health Education Materials

Ayyaswami¹,

Padmanabhan²,

Patel³

et al. 2019

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice

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“…Evidence suggests that low health literacy may be a risk factor for poor preventive health outcomes [21]. In light of the rising incidence of DM in Korean immigrants and the importance of prevention through risk factor identification and management, information on dietary health literacy among high-risk individuals in Korean immigrants is vital.…”

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Health Literacy in Korean Immigrants at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Choi

Rush

Henry

2012

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Rising incidence of type 2 diabetes (DM) in Korean immigrants has highlighted the need for better prevention efforts. Health literacy is an important predictor in the utilization of preventative health measures, however little is known about health literacy in Korean immigrants. This study examined DM risk factors in a sample of 145 at-risk Korean immigrants, their level of health literacy, and associations between health literacy and DM risk factors. Findings indicated a high prevalence of DM risk factors and a low level of health literacy in the sample. Health literacy was correlated with English proficiency, acculturation, and lower waist to hip ratios among all participants, and with lower blood glucose levels among highly acculturated participants. Korean immigrants who are less acculturated may have lower health literacy than those who are more acculturated. Thus, linguistically and culturally sensitive health education should be incorporated into diabetes prevention efforts.

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“…This is a fact that health literacy intervention is directed at relatively advanced students and requires a considerable investment of formal educational resources (Chinn, 2011). Researcher summarized that doctor, nurse, dentist, pharmacist, or public health workers also need health literacy skills in order to help people to better understand health information and services (King, 2010) .…”

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Review: Health literacy intervention and their consequences

Musa¹,

Wei²,

Pu³

2015

J. Public Health Epidemiol.

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Health literacy is one of the most critical issues threating the public health today and there are significant gaps behind the discipline of health literacy. Low health literacy was found to threaten the health and welfare of people. The past decades witnessed a revolutionary alteration in the health patterns and disease spread among the community from infectious diseases to chronic diseases such as, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and accidents. Furthermore, to enhance health status among the population with effective intervention methods, through health teaching, increasing access to health information and communication technologies will eliminate the health literacy consequences among different community levels, including children and adults. The aim of the present review was to find out the current status about research progress towards health literacy. Furthermore, to examine health literacy status, intervention, possible consequences and future prospective, and to find out the options for improving health literacy status and fill in the future research. A systematic review based on literature research related to health literacy covered the recent publication from 2000 to 2014 years. The results indicated that the wide range opportunities for improving health literacy are coming through health literacy intervention among target community. Future research concerning health literacy is still needed to give much more efforts in the field of community and community health works.

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Poor health literacy: a 'hidden' risk factor

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Cited by 33 publications

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A Readability Analysis of Online Cardiovascular Disease-Related Health Education Materials

A Readability Analysis of Online Cardiovascular Disease-Related Health Education Materials

Health Literacy in Korean Immigrants at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Review: Health literacy intervention and their consequences

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