دورية أكاديمية

Is the Newest Vital Sign a Useful Measure of Health Literacy in HIV Disease?

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العنوان: Is the Newest Vital Sign a Useful Measure of Health Literacy in HIV Disease?
المؤلفون: Kordovski, Victoria M., Woods, Steven Paul, Avci, Gunes, Verduzco, Marizela, Morgan, Erin E.
المصدر: Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) ; volume 16, issue 6, page 595-602 ; ISSN 2325-9582 2325-9582
بيانات النشر: SAGE Publications
سنة النشر: 2017
مصطلحات موضوعية: Infectious Diseases, Dermatology, Immunology
الوصف: Background: Limited health literacy is common among persons infected with HIV and has been linked to poor mental and physical health outcomes, but there are no well-validated screening measures of health literacy in this vulnerable clinical population. The present study evaluates the usefulness of the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) as a brief measure of health literacy in HIV disease. Methods: Seventy-eight HIV+ adults were administered the NVS, Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM), and Single Item Literacy Screener (SILS). Main criterion variables included plasma HIV viral load, medication management capacity, self-efficacy for medication management, and perceived relationships with healthcare providers. Results: The NVS showed good internal consistency and moderate correlations with the REALM and SILS. Rates of limited health literacy were highest on the NVS (30.3%) as compared to SILS (6.6%) and REALM (9.2%). A series of regressions controlling for education showed that the NVS was incrementally predictive of viral load, medication management capacity and self-efficacy, and relationships with healthcare providers, above and beyond the REALM and SILS. Conclusion: The NVS shows evidence of reliability, convergent validity, and incremental criterion-related validity and thus may serve as useful screening tool for assessing health literacy in HIV disease.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1177/2325957417729753
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1177/2325957417729753Test
حقوق: http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-licenseTest
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.733C568
قاعدة البيانات: BASE