The association of health literacy and postoperative complications after colorectal surgery: A cohort study

Effects of health literacy on type 2 diabetic patients’ glycemic control, self-management, and quality of life

“…Given its brevity, the scale has been used in different country. 36,37 Since the scale was not used in an Arab context before, an integrated method of adapting and translating the measurements was used. 38 Based on this process, 3 steps were carried out.…”

Low health literacy is associated with worse postoperative outcomes following hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer surgery

“…early mobilization, intake advice, importance of self-report) and discharge instructions, and management of anxiety regarding self-care. 5,6,27 This highlights the importance of future research on interventions that could improve the understandings of patients with low health literacy in order to improve postoperative outcomes. An example of such an intervention could be provision of written and animation-based preoperative information specially designed for patients with low health literacy.…”

“…Three of these studies have shown that low health literacy is associated with poorer postoperative outcomes in patients who have undergone major abdominal surgery, including gastric, pancreatic, hepatic, and colorectal resections, as well as urologic procedures. 4,5,6 Nonetheless, much is still unknown about the association between health literacy and postoperative outcomes of hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) cancer surgery, a surgical field with highly complex and extensive procedures.…”

Comparison Between ChatGPT and Google Search as Sources of Postoperative Patient Instructions

“…1 Lower health literacy and limited understanding of postoperative instructions have been associated with worse outcomes. 2,3 While currently ChatGPT cannot supplant a human clinician, it can serve as a medical knowledge source. This qualitative study assessed the value of ChatGPT in augmenting patient knowledge and generating postoperative instructions for use in populations with low educational or health literacy levels.Methods | We analyzed postoperative patient instructions for 8 common pediatric otolaryngologic procedures: tympanostomy tube placement, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, inferior turbinate reduction, tympanoplasty, cochlear implant, neck mass resection, microdirect laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy, and tongue-tie release.…”

“…1 Lower health literacy and limited understanding of postoperative instructions have been associated with worse outcomes. 2,3 While currently ChatGPT cannot supplant a human clinician, it can serve as a medical knowledge source. This qualitative study assessed the value of ChatGPT in augmenting patient knowledge and generating postoperative instructions for use in populations with low educational or health literacy levels.…”