TY  - JOUR
T1  - The effect of health literacy on spinal surgery decision in neurosurgery patients
AU  - Saraç, Mustafa Emre
AU  - Boğa, Zeki
PY  - 2025
DA  - May
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.38053/acmj.1684580
JF  - Anatolian Current Medical Journal
JO  - Anatolian Curr Med J / ACMJ / acmj
PB  - MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2718-0115
SP  - 331
EP  - 337
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Aims: The aim of the study was to determine how health literacy affects Turkish neurosurgery patients' spine surgery preferences and to identify barriers to obtaining informed consent and thus create better patient education methods.Methods: The research included 118 patients who visited the neurosurgery outpatient clinic for spinal complaints.  The Turkish Health Literacy Scale (TSOY-32) was used to evaluate patients who received four different health literacy assessments: inadequate (23.7%), problematic (36.4%), sufficient (28.8%), and excellent (11.0%). Results: Patients who demonstrated better health literacy showed decreased acceptance of surgical procedures (82.1% inadequate vs. 46.2% excellent, p=0.023) and increased second opinion seeking (25.0% vs.  69.2%, p
KW  - Health literacy
KW  - neurosurgery
KW  - patient decision-making
KW  - spinal surgery
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.38053/acmj.1684580
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4809581
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