Open AccessPatients With Limited Health Literacy Have Similar Preferences but Different Perceptions in Surgical Decision-making for Carpal Tunnel Release
Author(s) -
Young Hak Roh,
Young Do Koh,
Jong Oh Kim,
Jung Ho Noh,
Hyun Sik Gong,
Goo Hyun Baek
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000075
Subject(s) - medicine , health literacy , carpal tunnel syndrome , literacy , comprehension , context (archaeology) , carpal tunnel release , family medicine , physical therapy , informed consent , perception , surgery , health care , alternative medicine , pathology , psychology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , economics , biology , economic growth , pedagogy , neuroscience
Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and understand health information needed to make appropriate health decisions. The proper comprehension by patients regarding a given disease, its treatment, and the physician's instructions plays an important role in shared decision-making. Studies have disagreed over the degree to which differences in health literacy affect patients' preferences for shared decision-making; we therefore sought to evaluate this in the context of shared decision-making about carpal tunnel release.
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