Background In contrast to best practice guidelines for knee osteoarthritis (OA), findings from
several different healthcare settings have identified that nonsurgical treatments are …

Health literacy is a dynamic, multifaceted skill set that relies on patients, healthcare
providers, and the healthcare system. In addition, health literacy assessment provides an …

Background Arthroplasty is a high‐volume but costly treatment option for advanced
osteoarthritis. Health literacy and patient education are modifiable factors that can improve …

Objective To compare change in self-efficacy for managing knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain and
kinesiophobia after watching an educational video based on an empowerment and …

Study Design. Cross-sectional survey study. Objective. The aim was to determine if health
literacy level is associated with patient-reported outcomes and self-reported health status …

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate if there is an association between
musculoskeletal health literacy with outcome and satisfaction after total knee arthroplasty …

Objective Management guidelines encourage self‐care in patients with symptomatic
osteoarthritis (OA). We undertook this study to investigate the relationship between health …

Background Patients with limited health literacy (LHL) may have difficulty understanding and
acting on medical information, placing them at risk for potential misuse of health services …

Introduction Personal knowledge about the own disease, a key component of health literacy
(HL), may have a considerable impact on treatment outcomes. The purpose of this study was …

Purpose To evaluate a large cross-sectional sample of patients utilizing administrative
database records and analyze the effects of income, insurance type, and education level on …