Health literacy (HL) is rarely addressed in rehabilitation research and practice but can play a substantial role in the recovery process after an injury. We aimed to identify factors associated with low HL and its relationship with 6-month health outcomes in individuals recovering from a non-catastrophic road traffic injury.
(2022) 22:1380 Gopinath et al BMC Public Health https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13707-7 Open Access RESEARCH Health literacy and recovery following a non‑catastrophic road traffic injury Bamini Gopinath1,2*, Jagnoor Jagnoor1,3, Annette Kifley1, Ilaria Pozzato1, Ashley Craig1 and Ian D. Cameron1 Abstract Background: Health literacy (HL) is rarely addressed in rehabilitation research and practice but can play a substantial role in the recovery process after an injury We aimed to identify factors associated with low HL and its relationship with 6-month health outcomes in individuals recovering from a non-catastrophic road traffic injury Methods: Four hundred ninety-three participants aged ≥17 years who had sustained a non-catastrophic injury in a land-transport crash, underwent a telephone-administered questionnaire Information was obtained on socio-economic, pre-injury health and crash-related characteristics, and health outcomes (quality of life, pain related measures and psychological indices) Low HL was defined as scoring