Newest Vital Sign

3 papers3 findings

Upstream

Older age

downin humans1

1 study

Older age decreases Newest Vital Sign in humans.
“Results showed that the middle-aged/older adults obtained mildly lower scores on the NVS as compared to younger adults.”
Humans
A health literacy screening option for clinical neuropsychologists: the Newest Vital Sign is associated with age, cognition, and applied health behaviors
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychologyApr 16, 2026

Applied health literacy

upin humans1

1 study

Newest Vital Sign is associated with applied health literacy in humans.
“Higher scores on the NVS were also moderately associated with better performance on measures of web-based health information searching and treatment appraisal.”
Humans
A health literacy screening option for clinical neuropsychologists: the Newest Vital Sign is associated with age, cognition, and applied health behaviors
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychologyApr 16, 2026

Executive function

upin humans1

1 study

Newest Vital Sign is associated with executive function in humans.
“Lower NVS scores were moderately associated with cognition, particularly in the domain of executive functions (e.g. abstraction, flexibility, and generativity).”
Humans
A health literacy screening option for clinical neuropsychologists: the Newest Vital Sign is associated with age, cognition, and applied health behaviors
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychologyApr 16, 2026