Significance for public health
Patients’ health literacy has a great impact on their health behaviours and
their health outcomes. Therefore, it has become more and more common to
measure health literacy within the healthcare setting to determine the most
effective approach to target patients. The measurement of asthma judgment
skills contribute to a deeper understanding of patients’ asthma self-management
in crucial topics for asthma control, and have the advantage of assessing
the specific abilities needed for this particular condition, which in turn
benefits the translation of the findings from the use of this tool into strategies
that directly tackle the needs of asthma patients.