The association of health literacy with illness and medication beliefs among older adults with asthma

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-278

  Federman, Alex D ^a   Wolf, Michael ^b   Sofianou, Anastasia ^a   Wilson, Elizabeth A H ^b   Martynenko, Melissa ^a   Halm, Ethan A ^c   Leventhal, Howard ^d   Wisnivesky, Juan P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthmatics; Elderly; Health literacy; Illness beliefs; Medication beliefs; Older; Self management

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; ASTHMATICS; ELDERLY; HEALTH LITERACY; ILLNESS BELIEFS; MEDICATION BELIEFS; OLDER; SELF-MANAGEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880328433     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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