The impact of health literacy and life style risk factors on health-related quality of life of Australian patients

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Harris, Mark Fort ^a,f   Parker, Sharon M ^a   Litt, John ^b,g   van Driel, Mieke ^c   Mazza, Danielle ^d   Del Mar, Chris ^e   Lloyd, Jane ^a,f   Smith, Jane ^e   Zwar, Nicholas ^a,f   Taylor, Richard ^a,f   Russell, Grant ^d   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^h   Laws, Rachel ⁱ   Snowdon, Teri ^j   Bolger Harris, Helen ^j   Groombridge, Stephan ^j   Goldstein, Stan ^k   Howarth, Teresa ^k   Huang, Nancy ^l   Wilson, Jinty ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f University of NSW Australia   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

^k BUPA Foundation   (Australia)

^l NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Health literacy; Life style risk factors; Mental component score; Multilevel regression analysis; Physical component score; Quality of life; SF 12 version 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 12; SMOKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84977634202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-016-0471-1     Document Type: Article

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