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Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research article

The impact of health literacy on shared decision making before elective surgery: a propensity matched case control analysis

Authors: Gildasio S. De Oliveira Jr, Martin Errea, Jane Bialek, Mark C. Kendall, Robert J. McCarthy

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

Poor health literacy affects over 90 million Americans. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate a possible association between health literacy and decision conflict in surgical patients.

Methods

Patients undergoing a diverse number of elective surgeries were enrolled in the study. Health literacy was measured using the Newest Vital Sign instrument and decision conflict using the low literacy version of the Decision Conflict Scale.

Results

200 patients undergoing elective surgeries were included in the study. Patients who had greater health literacy scores had lower decision conflict scores, Spearman’s rho = − 0.43, P < 0.001. Following propensity-score matching to account for potential covariates, the median (IQR) decision conflict score was 20 (0 to 40) for patients with poor health literacy compared to 0 (0 to 5) for patients with adequate literacy, P < 0.001.

Conclusions

Poor health literacy is associated with greater decision conflict in patients undergoing elective surgical procedures. Strategies should be implemented to minimize decision conflict in poor health literacy patients undergoing elective surgical procedures.
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Metadata
Title
The impact of health literacy on shared decision making before elective surgery: a propensity matched case control analysis
Authors
Gildasio S. De Oliveira Jr
Martin Errea
Jane Bialek
Mark C. Kendall
Robert J. McCarthy
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3755-9

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