Poorer postoperative recovery and a lower health-related quality of life correlated with inadequate functional health literacy in patients who underwent day surgery, according to a recent study published in JAMA Surgery.

Researchers from Sweden conducted an observational study of data from a previous randomized clinical trial composed of 704 patients who underwent day surgery. The Swedish web version of Quality of Recovery (SwQoR) in the functional health literacy groups 14 days after surgery served as the primary endpoint. Other endpoints included health care contacts, EuroQol-VAS and SF-36 health survey in the functional health literacy groups.