APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Using Health Numeracy to Predict Medical Decision Making in Old Age
- Jiaxi Wang
UWSP - Elizabeth Punke
- Marisa Skajewski
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Trevor Flick
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Caleb Coughtry-Carpenter
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Abstract
Numeracy, or the ability to work with numerical information, was found as a valid predictor for decision making competency in older adults. This study investigated and found that health related numeracy questions are better at predicting medical decision making than context-free numeracy questions.
Aging
