Health literacy, cognitive ability, and functional health status among older adults

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1249-1267

  Serper, Marina ^a   Patzer, Rachel E ^b   Curtis, Laura M ^a   Smith, Samuel G ^a,c   O'Conor, Rachel ^a   Baker, David W ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive abilities; Health literacy; health tasks; mental health; patient reported outcomes; physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGN; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITIVE ABILITIES; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH TASKS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES; PHYSICAL HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHICAGO; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84905024535     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12154     Document Type: Article

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