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Assessing The Impact Of Health Literacy On Education Retention Of Stroke Patients, Kalina Sanders, Loretta Schnepel, Carmen Smotherman, William Livingood, Sunita Dodani, Nader Antonios, Katryne Lukens-Bull, Joyce Balls-Berry, Yvonne Johnson, Terri Miller, Wayne Hodges, Diane Falk, David L. Wood, Scott Silliman
Assessing The Impact Of Health Literacy On Education Retention Of Stroke Patients, Kalina Sanders, Loretta Schnepel, Carmen Smotherman, William Livingood, Sunita Dodani, Nader Antonios, Katryne Lukens-Bull, Joyce Balls-Berry, Yvonne Johnson, Terri Miller, Wayne Hodges, Diane Falk, David L. Wood, Scott Silliman
David L. Wood
Introduction
Inadequate health literacy is a pervasive problem with major implications for reduced health status and health disparities. Despite the role of focused education in both primary and secondary prevention of stroke, the effect of health literacy on stroke education retention has not been reported. We examined the relationship of health literacy to the retention of knowledge after recommended stroke education.
Methods
This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at an urban safety-net hospital. Study subjects were patients older than 18 admitted to the hospital stroke unit with a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke who were able to provide informed consent …