Judgment skills a missing component in health literacy: development of a tool for asthma patients in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland

摘要

BackgroundHealth literacy has been recognized as an important factor influencing health behaviors and health outcomes. However, its definition is still evolving, and the tools available for its measurement are limited in scope. Based on the conceptualization of health literacy within the Health Empowerment Model, the present study developed and validated a tool to assess patient’s health knowledge use, within the context of asthma self-management.