Physiotherapists' views and experiences of health literacy in clinical practice.
Joanna M SimkinsRichard BreakwellKanta KumarPublished in: Musculoskeletal care (2023)
The findings highlighted that physiotherapists identified a patient's health literacy abilities by picking up tacit clues throughout their consultations and they pre-dominantly viewed health literacy as the ability to read, write and communicate effectively. They reported having a limited exposure to health literacy training and recommended raising awareness and education as key to improve practice.