Relationship Between Literacy, Knowledge, Self-Care Behaviors, and Heart Failure-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Heart Failure

BACKGROUND: We sought to examine the relationship between literacy and heart failure-related quality of life (HFQOL), and to explore whether literacy-related differences in knowledge, self-efficacy and/or self-care behavior explained the relationship. METHODS: We recruited patients with symptomatic...

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Main Authors: Macabasco-O’Connell, Aurelia, DeWalt, Darren A., Broucksou, Kimberly A., Hawk, Victoria, Baker, David W., Schillinger, Dean, Ruo, Bernice, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten, Holmes, George M., Erman, Brian, Weinberger, Morris, Pignone, Michael
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3157534/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21369770
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-011-1668-y
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