Study Objective: The objective of the present study was to measure the functional health literacy among healthcare professionals in twin cities of Pakistan. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. Setting: Tertiary care hospitals, private clinics and pharmacies located in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Method: A pre-validated tool named S-TOFHLA was utilized and distributed to a sample of 382 physicians, 236 pharmacists and 382 nurses selected by convenient sampling technique. After data collection, data was coded and analyzed statistically. Results: The results showed that functional health literacy level of pharmacists was adequate i.e. they could correctly read and interpret health texts (27.17, ±5.65) and also they had the highest score among the three healthcare professionals. Physicians functional health literacy level was also adequate (26.76, ±7.42) while nurses possessed marginal functional health literacy (17.07, ±7.24). Conclusion: The present study concluded that both the physicians and pharmacists had adequate functional health literacy level while nurses had marginal functional health literacy. Young healthcare professionals had better functional health literacy than older healthcare professionals.
