A validation study of the spoken knowledge in low literacy in diabetes scale (SKILLD).

Background: In 2005 the Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes scale (SKILLD) was introduced as a diabetes knowledge test. The SKILLD has not been validated since its introduction.

Objective: To perform a validation analysis on the SKILLD.

Screening questions to predict limited health literacy: a cross-sectional study of patients with diabetes mellitus.

Purpose: Limited health literacy is increasingly recognized as a barrier to receiving adequate health care. Identifying patients at risk of poor health outcomes secondary to limited health literacy is currently the responsibility of clinicians. Our objective was to identify which screening questions and demographics independently predict limited health literacy and could thus help clinicians individualize their patient education.