Nurse Practitioners' Knowledge, Experience, and Intention to Use Health Literacy Strategies in Clinical Practice

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Table 1. Mean scores on the health literacy knowledge and experience survey, part I (n = 456)

	Total score possible	M	Minimum	Maximum	SD
Knowledge: Total items correct	29	19.94	6	28	3.50
Content area: Basic facts	6	3.23	0	6	1.14
Content area: Consequences of low health literacy	4	3.32	0	4	0.86
Content area: Health literacy screening	6	3.68	0	6	1.11
Content area: Guidelines for written materials	11	7.98	1	11	1.77
Content area: Evaluation of health literacy interventions	2	1.73	0	2	0.48

Table 2. Responses to health literacy knowledge and experience survey, Part II (n = 448)

	Never n (%)	Sometimes n (%)	Frequently n (%)	Always n (%)	No response n (%)
How often did you use a health literacy screening tool to assess health literacy?	299 (65.6%)	109 (23.9%)	32 (7.0%)	8 (1.8%)	8 (1.8%)
How often reading materials were evaluated for reading level before using them for patient teaching?	146 (32.0%)	174 (38.2%)	104 (22.8%)	24 (5.3%)	8 (1.8%)
How often did you evaluate the cultural appropriateness of health care materials?	73 (16.0%)	183 (40.1%)	154 (33.8%)	38 (8.3%)	8 (1.8%)
How often do you use written patient education materials?	11 (2.4%)	89 (19.5%)	267(58.6%)	80 (17.5%)	9 (2.0%)
How often do you use audiotapes for patient education?	316 (69.3%)	107 (23.5%)	24 (5.3%)	0 (0%)	9 (2.0%)
How often do you use videotapes for patient education?	236 (51.8%)	168 (36.8%)	41 (9.0%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (2.0%)
How often do you use computer software for patient education?	194 (42.5%)	197 (43.2%)	49 (10.7%)	7 (1.5%)	9 (2.0%)

Table 3. Number of items and Cronbach's alphas for health literacy strategies behavioral intention (N =listwise 433 valid cases)

	n	α
Intention subscale	14	.76
Attitude	4	.76
Subjective norms	4	.37
Perceived behavioral control	5	.53
Intention	1	Not applicable