Validation of a newly adapted Chinese version of the Newest Vital Sign instrument. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 OBJECTIVE:To develop a Chinese version of the Newest Vital Sign (NVS-CHN) instrument and evaluate its psychometric properties. METHODS:To deal with cross-cultural adaptation problems, after translation of the NVS into Chinese, the Delphi method was used ...
Jin Xue +8 more
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Is the Newest Vital Sign a Useful Measure of Health Literacy in HIV Disease? [PDF]
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2017 Background: Limited health literacy is common among persons infected with HIV and has been linked to poor mental and physical health outcomes, but there are no well-validated screening measures of health literacy in this vulnerable clinical population ...
Victoria M. Kordovski MA +4 more
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Reply to: The Use of the Newest Vital Sign in Children [PDF]
Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019 We thank Dr. Barry Weiss for his comments about our study on the use of the NVS in children. We certainly have consensus that the NVS is not an appropriate instrument to measure children's health literacy.
Carol J. Howe +3 more
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Limited Health Literacy in Portugal Assessed with the Newest Vital Sign [PDF]
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017 Introduction: In Portugal, health literacy has started to be addressed through national policies, but research on the topic is still scarce. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of limited health literacy in Portugal using ...
Dagmara Paiva +5 more
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Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Newest Vital Sign: a preliminary study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Health literacy (HL) refers to the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services, and is thus needed to make appropriate health decisions.
Takamichi Kogure +9 more
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Functional Health Literacy: Psychometric Properties of the Newest Vital Sign for Portuguese Adolescents (NVS-PTeen). [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 Self-management of health requires skills to obtain, process, understand, and use health-related information. Assessment of adolescents’ functional health literacy requires valid, reliable, and low-burden tools. The main objective of this study was to adapt and study the psychometric properties of the Newest Vital Sign for the Portuguese adolescents ...
Santos O +7 more
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Canadian adaptation of the Newest Vital Sign©, a health literacy assessment tool. [PDF]
Public Health Nutr, 2018 AbstractObjectiveThe Newest Vital Sign© (NVS) was developed in the USA to measure patient health literacy in clinical settings. We adapted the NVS for use in Canada, in English and French, and created a computerized version. Our objective was to evaluate the reliability of the Canadian NVS as a self-administered computerized tool.DesignWe used a ...
Mansfield ED +4 more
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Revisiting the Newest Vital Sign Survey: Addressing Concerns About This Health Literacy Assessment Tool [PDF]
Health Literacy Research and PracticeJordy Schol +3 more
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Implementation of the Newest Vital Sign for assessing health literacy in clinical practice: challenges, opportunities, and future directions [PDF]
Problemy PielęgniarstwaHealth literacy (HL) is a crucial factor in improving the quality of healthcare and preventing medical issues. The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) is one of the most commonly used tools for assessing HL, allowing for the rapid identification of patients with ...
Monika Malska, Katarzyna Major
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Quick screen of patients' numeracy and document literacy skills: the factor structure of the Newest Vital Sign. [PDF]
Patient Prefer Adherence, 2018 The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) is a survey designed to measure general health literacy whereby an interviewer asks six questions related to information printed on a nutritional label from an ice cream container. It enables researchers to evaluate several health literacy dimensions in a short period of time, including document literacy, comprehension ...
Huang YM +3 more
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