Can Health Literacy be Determined From the Nutritional Information on an Ice Cream Wrapping?

Strijbos et  al. found that some 75% of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) have inadequate health literacy (HL), meaning that they are not able to obtain, process, or understand medical information adequately.1 This is a very important finding for all professi onals who treat patients with arterial disease. One might of course question the validity of the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) Dutch version and wonder how one can accurately measure HL using the nutritional information on an ice cream wrapping.
Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Invited Commentary Source Type: research