14 research outputs found
Unmet needs and current and future approaches for osteoporotic patients at high risk of hip fracture
The significant impact of education, poverty, and race on Internet-based research participant engagement
A survey on patients’ knowledge and expectations during informed consent for spinal surgery: can we improve the shared decision-making process?
Health Literacy, Health Numeracy, and Cognitive Functioning Among Bariatric Surgery Candidates
Evidence Does Not Support Clinical Screening of Literacy
Limited health literacy is a significant risk factor for adverse health outcomes. Despite controversy, many health care professionals have called for routine clinical screening of patients’ literacy skills. Whereas brief literacy screening tools exist that with further evaluation could potentially be used to detect limited literacy in clinical settings, no screening program for limited literacy has been shown to be effective. Yet there is a noted potential for harm, in the form of shame and alienation, which might be induced through clinical screening. There is fair evidence to suggest that possible harm outweighs any current benefits; therefore, clinical screening for literacy should not be recommended at this time