Howe Carol J, Van Scoyoc Christine, Alexander Gina K, Stevenson Jada L
Health Lit Res Pract. 2018 Oct 15;2(4):e175-e179. doi: 10.3928/24748307-20180830-01. eCollection 2018 Oct.
Valid and reliable instruments are needed to assess health literacy in children. Although the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) has been well established for use in adults, reports of its use in children have only recently received attention in the literature. Whereas some researchers have reported successful use of the NVS in children as young as age 7 years, others have suggested it is best used in children age 10 years and older. This analysis reports on the performance of the NVS in children age 7 to 13 years, adding to the growing evidence related to the use of the NVS in pediatric populations. Overall, children in this sample performed poorly on the NVS, which refutes previous reports. Differences in child samples and NVS administration procedures may provide some explanation for the lower-than-anticipated NVS performance in this sample. Interpreting the NVS based on educational standards and expectations may provide additional information to determine age-appropriate recommendations for NVS use in children. .
需要有效的可靠工具来评估儿童的健康素养。尽管最新生命体征（NVS）已在成人中得到广泛应用，但有关其在儿童中的使用报告直到最近才在文献中受到关注。一些研究人员报告称，NVS在年仅7岁的儿童中使用成功，而另一些人则建议最好在10岁及以上的儿童中使用。本分析报告了NVS在7至13岁儿童中的表现，为有关NVS在儿科人群中使用的越来越多的证据增添了内容。总体而言，该样本中的儿童在NVS上表现不佳，这与之前的报告相矛盾。儿童样本和NVS管理程序的差异可能为该样本中NVS表现低于预期提供一些解释。根据教育标准和期望来解读NVS可能会提供更多信息，以确定适合儿童使用NVS的年龄建议。
