The purpose of this study is to determine the association of the social determinants of health with perioperative health literacy in caregivers of children presenting for surgery. Another purpose is to determine the association of caregiver health literacy with preoperative caregiver anxiety and postoperative patient pain scores.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
REDCap Survey
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
RECRUITINGsTOFHLA survey
Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults Raw Score (0-36) Inadequate Functional Health Literacy (0-16) Marginal Functional Health Literacy (17-22) Adequate Functional Health Literacy (23-36)
Time frame: From enrollment to prior to surgery start.
6-STAI
6-item State Trait Anxiety Inventory survey 6 question survey on 1-4 Likert Scale (Not at all, Somewhat, Moderately, Very Much) with total scores ranging from 6-24. Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.
Time frame: From enrollment to prior to surgery start.
Postoperative patient pain scores
Pain Scores using Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) on a scale of 0-10; Visual Analog Scale (VAS) on a scale of 0 "No Pain" to 10 "Worst Pain"; Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale; FLACC Scale for non-verbal or pre-verbal patients. Higher scores indicate higher levels of pain.
Time frame: Perioperative
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