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| Correlates of health literacy in patients with chronic heart failure | | Author(s) | Dan Morrow, Dan Clark, Wanzhu Tu |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 46, no 5, October 2006 |
| Pages | pp 669-678 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Heart disease ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Information needs ; Cognitive processes ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The association of cognitive abilities and literacy has important implications for health literacy models and for interventions to reduce the impact of low health literacy on health outcomes. The authors investigated relationships between health literacy and general cognitive and sensory abilities, also education, health and demographic variables. Participants were 314 community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults (67% female, 48% African American) diagnosed with chronic heart failure (CHF), recruited by a pharmacist-based intervention study to improve adherence to CHF medications. The authors administered demographic, health, education, cognitive (e.g. processing speed, working memory) and sensory measures, and the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults. STOFHLA scores were lower for participants who were older, less educated, male, African American, had more comorbidities, or scored lower on all cognitive ability measures. Hierarchical linear regression analyses showed that education and cognitive ability were independently associated with the STOFHLA measures and explained age differences in health literacy. The authors recommend that medication instructions should be designed to reduce comprehension demands on general cognitive abilities as well as literacy skills. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070109231 A |
| Classmark | CQH: CC: LK2: UV:IK: DA: K4: 49: 7T |
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