scholarly journals Outpatients’ perception of their preoperative information regarding their health literacy skills and their preoperative anxiety level

Medicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (20) ◽  
pp. e26018
Author(s):  
Chandler-Jeanville Stephanie ◽  
Ahouah Mathieu ◽  
Margat Aurore ◽  
Monique Rothan-Tondeur Monique
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Preoperative Anxiety ◽  
Preoperative Information

TERAPI MUSIK DAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN PREOPERASI

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Wenny Savitri ◽  
Nani Fidayanti ◽  
Paulus Subiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Complementary Therapy ◽  
T Test ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Preoperative Anxiety ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Music Intervention ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Anxiety Levels

Background: Surgery is one of medical interventions which can cause fear, anxiety, and stressed because of its effects toward the integrity of body and soul. Nurses have significant roles in any preoperative care which is helping patients to decrease preoperative anxiety by using complementary therapy. The use of music therapy as one of the complementary therapies is not common in Indonesia. Therefore, scientific studies to prove the role of this therapy to decrease the level of anxiety of pre-operative patients is needed. Objective: To investigate the effects of music therapy in reducing anxiety levels of preoperative patients. Methods: A quasy experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group was applied to 50 respondents from medical ward in Panembahan Senopati Hospital of Yogyakarta who met the inclusion criteria.Dara were then analyzed by using t-test statistical analysis. Results: The control group showed the increased value of anxiety level of0.8 without music intervention (t= - 1503, df = 24, p<.05), whereas the intervention group showed the decreased value of anxiety level of -5.52 (t=5.081, df=24, p<.05). Meanwhile the independent t-test results for both groups showed a significant difference between group (t= 3,373, df=48, p<.05). Conclusion: Music therapy has significant effect in reducing preoperative anxiety levels of patients. Keywords: anxiety, preoperative, music therapy

scholarly journals Disaster Literacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 694-694
Author(s):  
Lisa Brown ◽  
Lindsay Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Social Marketing Campaign ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Response And Recovery

Abstract People who plan ahead typically fare better during the response and recovery phases of a disaster. However, problems arise when the needs, wants, abilities, and resources of vulnerable people are not adequately considered. The lack of alignment between the literacy demands of existing materials and the literacy skills of many vulnerable subgroups limits their ability to understand and effectively use potentially life-saving information. Existing health literacy models that have demonstrated effectiveness in changing health behaviors and improving outcomes is a first step to reducing disaster-related morbidity and mortality in low resource and low literacy areas. This presentation will 1) describe how interdisciplinary collaborations can be used to address this public health issue, 2) explain how health literacy techniques can be applied when developing disaster materials, and 3) present research data on a social marketing campaign to improved disaster preparedness of older adults. Part of a symposium sponsored by Disasters and Older Adults Interest Group.

scholarly journals Can an informative video about the anesthesia technique be an effective tool to treat preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing minor, elective, outpatient hand surgery procedures?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesare Fusetti ◽  
Samuele Ceruti ◽  
Michele Musiari ◽  
Bruno Minotti ◽  
Stefano Cafarotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hand Surgery ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Preoperative Anxiety ◽  
Ambulatory Setting ◽  
Patient’S Satisfaction ◽  
Patients Satisfaction ◽  
Intravenous Regional Anesthesia ◽  
Anesthesia Technique ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Clinical Trial Methods

Abstract Background Preoperative anxiety is a common problem with an impact on surgical outcome, anesthetic drug amount and patient’s satisfaction. An important component of preoperative anxiety is worries related to anesthesia. Suitable patients information has been shown to reduce preoperative anxiety level and this can be effectively achieved through a video. Objectives To assess the impact of an informative video about regional intra-venous anesthesia technique on patient’s preoperative anxiety levels before minor ambulatory hand surgery procedures. Study design retrospective, single-centre, case-control clinical trial. Methods To assess the impact of an educational video illustrating all the passages of intravenous regional anesthesia on preoperative anxiety level and overall patients’ satisfaction. Results Anxiety level measured after admission in the day hospital clinic did not differ between the two groups, however overall patients’ satisfaction levels were higher when patients were shown the video. Conclusions Informative videos does not seem to significantly reduce preoperative anxiety but have the potential to increase patients’ satisfaction in the ambulatory setting.

Towards a progression of health literacy skills: Establishing the HLS-Q12 cutoff scores

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øystein Guttersrud ◽  
Christopher Le ◽  
Kjell Sverre Pettersen ◽  
Sølvi Helseth ◽  
Hanne Søberg Finbråten
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Item Calibration ◽  
Rasch Modelling ◽  
Cutoff Scores ◽  
Item Content

Abstract Background The self-reported European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) is a widely used measure for population health literacy. Based on confirmatory factor analyses and Rasch modelling, the short form HLS-Q12 was developed to meet the Rasch unidimensional measurement model expectations. After its publication, there was a worldwide call to identify HLS-Q12 cutoff scores and establish clearly delineated standards regarding the skills assessed. This study therefore aims to identify the HLS-Q12 scores associated with statistically distinct levels of proficiency and to construct a proficiency scale that may indicate what individuals typically know and can do at increasingly sophisticated levels of health literacy. Methods We applied the unidimensional Rasch measurement model for polytomous items to responses from 900 randomly sampled individuals and 388 individuals with type 2 diabetes. Using Rasch based item calibration, we constructed a proficiency scale by locating the ordered item thresholds along the scale. By applying Wright’s method for the maximum number of strata, we determined the cutoff scores for significantly different levels. By directly referring to item content that people who achieved the cutoff scores viewed as ‘easy’, we suggested what these gradually more advanced levels of health literacy might mean in terms of item content. Results Analysing the population sample, we identified statistically distinct levels of health literacy at the empirically identified cutoff scores 27, 33 and 39. We confirmed them by analysing the responses from individuals with diabetes. Using item calibration, the resulting HLS-Q12 proficiency scale expresses typical knowledge and skills at these three statistically distinct levels. The scale’s cumulative nature indicates what it may mean qualitatively to move from low to high health literacy. Conclusions By identifying levels of health literacy, we may initiate the improvement of current models of health literacy. Determining how to adapt information to patients’ health literacy level is a possible clinical outcome. A substantial methodological outcome is the inevitability of Rasch modelling in measurement. We found that Wright’s method identified rating scale cutoff scores consistently across independent samples. To reveal sources of potential biases, threats to validity and imprecision of benchmarks, replication of our study in other contexts is required

How Different Health Literacy Dimensions Influences Health Status and Well-being among Men and Women: The Mediating Role of Health Behaviors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Peggy Pui-Lai Or ◽  
Joanne Wai-Yee Chung
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Men And Women

Abstract Background. Health literacy, the ability to access, understand, evaluate, and apply health information, was found to contribute to positive health outcomes, possibly via promoting healthy behaviors. However, the specific pathways linking different health literacy skills to health and well-being has remained unclear. Methods. A cross-sectional survey with structural questionnaires was administered among 2236 community-based adults in Hong Kong (mean age = 46.10 ±19.05). Health literacy was measured by HLS-Asian-47. Participants' health behavior, physical conditions, and subjective well-being were reported.Results. With structural modeling path analysis, health literacy in finding and understanding information showed a direct effect on enhancing physical health. While applying information capacity had an indirect positive effect via promoting health behaviors, which was moderated by sex. Only among women, this indirect effect predicting fewer physical symptoms and better well-being was significant.Conclusions. Although similar patterns were found in physical condition and well-being, distinct direct and indirect pathways were found of different health literacy dimensions for men and women. Based on the findings, by targeting specific health literacy skills, education programs should be developed to enhance women’s health knowledge, and men's application of the knowledge in healthy lifestyle.

Validation of an Australian parenting health literacy skills instrument: The parenting plus skills index

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (6) ◽  
pp. 1245-1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ayre ◽  
Daniel S J Costa ◽  
Kirsten J McCaffery ◽  
Don Nutbeam ◽  
Danielle Marie Muscat
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills

Actual and perceived patient health literacy: How accurate are residents’ predictions?

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 290-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laci L Zawilinski ◽  
Heather Kirkpatrick ◽  
Barbara Pawlaczyk ◽  
Himabindu Yarlagadda
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Resident Physicians ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Negative Health Outcomes

Health literacy has repeatedly been shown to be associated with a multitude of negative health outcomes. Previous research has shown that patient health literacy levels are hard to predict by physicians and that assessment tools used to measure health literacy may be outdated or lacking. The purpose of this study is to replicate and extend the findings of previous research by examining residents’ ability to predict health literacy levels in patients and to use a newer validated measure of health literacy. A total of 38 patient encounters were included in this study. Patients were administered the Health Literacy Skills Instrument-Short Form to assess health literacy levels. Twenty resident physicians conducted visits with study participants and were asked to predict the health literacy of their patients. Results indicated that, consistent with previous research, residents’ predictions of patient health literacy were not consistent with patient health literacy levels as measured by the Health Literacy Skills Instrument-Short Form. Implications of these findings and future directions are discussed.

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