Functioning, temporal resolution, and functional health literacy in children aged nine to twelve years

To verify the association between functioning, auditory temporal resolution, functional health literacy, and sociodemographic data of children aged 9 to 12 years.

This is an analytical, cross-sectional, observational study with a non-probabilistic sample of 53 schoolchildren of both sexes, aged 9 to 12 years, and their caregivers. The following procedures were performed: medical history survey, application of the CCEB questionnaire, Token Test, auditory evaluation, tympanometry, evaluation of auditory temporal resolution using the Random Gap Detection Test, Functional Health Literacy Scale, and coding of category d350 of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The study performed descriptive and bivariate analyses.

The descriptive analysis showed that most participants were adequate regarding category d350 and functional health literacy. The bivariate analysis indicated statistical significance between the ICF category - conversation d350 and functional health literacy (p=0.02).

Communication performance may have influenced the functional health literacy of schoolchildren, making it essential to study the intervening factors among these variables.