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Health Literacy in Geriatric Patients: An Integrative Review of the Literature

Cutilli, Carolyn Crane·2007·Orthopaedic Nursing

Abstract

The concept of health literacy is a recent addition to healthcare literature, appearing in the early to mid 1990s. Health literacy refers to individuals' ability to understand their healthcare issues and effectively care for themselves in the healthcare system. Individuals' health literacy abilities vary greatly and can be viewed on a continuum ranging from adequate to marginal to inadequate. Repeated research has demonstrated that older individuals, the geriatric patient population, are at risk of inadequate or marginal health literacy. This risk impacts health outcomes and cost for caring for the older people in our society who are the consumers of a large quantity of healthcare services. The demographic data from the research show that multiple factors influence an individual's health literacy. Besides age, individuals with less education, lower income, "blue collar" jobs, and poor health status (mental and physical) can be at risk of marginal or inadequate health literacy. Providing care to low health literacy patients is complicated by commercially prepared healthcare materials and presentations that are often written well above the average national literacy level. Studies in this review examine various approaches to healthcare education and provide viable options for educating those with low health literacy. This review stresses the importance of healthcare professionals identifying older individuals with marginal or inadequate health literacy and being able to provide education in an effective manner to this segment of the population.

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Authors
Cutilli, C. C.
Affiliations
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Cutilli, Carolyn Crane
Venue
Orthopaedic Nursing
Published
2007-01
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
43???48
ISSN
0744-6020 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2036374152
Cited by
114
References
8
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Orthopaedic Nursing (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
Keywords
health literacy, older adults, elderly patients, low health literacy, healthcare education, patient education, socioeconomic factors, health outcomes, health care costs
MeSH terms
Aged, Drug Therapy, Educational Status, Geriatric Nursing, Health Services Needs and Demand, Health Status, Humans, Income, Nursing Assessment, Patient Education as Topic, Risk Factors, Self Administration, Self Care, Teaching Materials, United States, Nursing Research, Geriatric Assessment, Nurse's Role

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