What Is Health Literacy Among Orthognathic Surgery Patients?
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
; 82(4): 434-442, 2024 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Health literacy of orthognathic surgery patients has not been thoroughly evaluated.PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to estimate health literacy and identify risk factors associated with inadequate health literacy in orthognathic surgery patients. STUDY DESIGN, SETTING, SAMPLE A cross-sectional study was implemented utilizing patients ages 14-80 years who presented for orthognathic surgery evaluation between September 2021 and December 2022. Subjects were excluded from the study if they did not complete the orthognathic surgery evaluation, were not between the ages of 14-80 years old, or did not complete the Brief Health Literacy Screening Tool (BRIEF) questionnaire during intake. Subjects who have not undergone orthognathic surgery but completed the initial evaluation for orthognathic surgery were included in the study. PREDICTOR VARIABLES The predictor variables were a set of risk factors for inadequate health literacy age, sex, primary language, race, estimated household income, and diagnosis. MAIN OUTCOME VARIABLE The main outcome variable was health literacy assessed using the BRIEF questionnaire. During intake, subjects completed the BRIEF questionnaire consisting of four questions scored on an ordinal scale of 1-5. Inadequate health literacy was defined as a BRIEF score ≤16. COVARIATES Not applicable. ANALYSES Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed. P < .05 was considered statistically significant.RESULTS:
Of 150 patients presenting for orthognathic surgery, fifteen percent of patients had inadequate health literacy via the BRIEF test. The mean age of those with adequate health literacy was 27.9 years (standard deviation, ±12.5) compared to 18.5 years (standard deviation, ±5.7) for those with inadequate health literacy (P = <.001). After adjusting for sex, language, race, estimated household income, and diagnosis via multivariate analysis, increasing age was associated with decreased odds of inadequate health literacy (adjusted odds ratio = 0.81; confidence interval, 0.72-0.92; P = <.001). CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE In the complex process of orthognathic surgery, it is essential to identify patients with inadequate health literacy that may require additional health literacy interventions. Ultimately, 15% of orthognathic surgery subjects had inadequate health literacy, and younger patients were the most susceptible as the odds of inadequate health literacy decreased with increasing age.
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Asunto principal:
Alfabetización en Salud
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Cirugía Ortognática
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos