Health literacy and cognitive performance in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1475-1480

  Federman, Alex D ^a   Sano, Mary ^a,b   Wolf, Michael S ^c   Siu, Albert L ^a,b   Halm, Ethan A ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Health literacy; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; SHORT TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY IN ADULTS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 68149139392     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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