Utilizing the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) to Assess Health Literacy at a Regional Academic Medical Center's Family Medicine Clinic
Kelsey L Grabeel, Sarah E Burton, R Eric Heidel, Shauntá M Chamberlin, Alexandria Q Wilson · 2023
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Kelsey Grabeel and co-authors test how well doctors can eyeball a patient's health literacy against a short formal check. The check, called the Newest Vital Sign, asks patients to work a food label. At a family medicine clinic, each patient took the check before the visit, then the doctor guessed their level.
Their 2023 study finds one in four patients at high risk of low literacy. Doctors' guesses did track the true scores in broad strokes. Yet near every doctor also felt the patient had grasped the visit talk, a warmth that can mask real gaps. The authors urge teach-back and plain talk with every patient, whatever the first read says.
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| CREATOR | Kelsey L Grabeel, Sarah E Burton, R Eric Heidel, Shauntá M Chamberlin, Alexandria Q Wilson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |