Assessing health literacy in heart failure patients

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 887-892

  Robinson, Susan ^a   Moser, Debra ^b   Pelter, Michele M ^c   Nesbitt, Thomas ^d   Paul, Steven M ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; Health literacy; heart failure; rural population

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORTENED TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY IN ADULT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 80255127522     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.06.651     Document Type: Article

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