Background. Self-management–based interventions can lead to improved health outcomes
in people with chronic diseases, and multiple patient characteristics are associated with the …

Background: Low health literacy affects millions of Americans, putting those who are affected
at a disadvantage and at risk for poorer health outcomes. Low health literacy can act as a …

Background Health literacy may constitute a modifiable determinant of health behaviour and
affect cardiovascular disease prevention. This study investigates the associations between …

Objective To clarify the impacts of health literacy on mortality, readmission, and quality of life
(QOL) in the secondary or tertiary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) through a …

Background: Self-care is essential in people with chronic heart failure (HF). The process of
self-care was refined in the revised situation specific theory of HF self-care, so we updated …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine if health literacy is associated with
mortality, hospitalizations, or emergency department (ED) visits among patients living with …

Background It has been argued that only 12% of adults have the necessary health literacy to
manage their health care effectively, which can lead to difficulties in self-care activities, such …

Background: Heart failure affects more than 6 million Americans and an estimated 23 million
people worldwide. Inadequate self-care is associated with readmissions and are identified …

Background Patients hospitalized with heart failure are often readmitted. Health literacy may
play a substantial role in the high rate of readmissions. The purpose of this study was to …

Objective Health literacy (HL) has been recognized as an important concept in patient
education and disease management for heart failure (HF). However, previous studies on HL …