Background It has been argued that only 12% of adults have the necessary health literacy to
manage their health care effectively, which can lead to difficulties in self-care activities, such …

Background. Inadequate health literacy may be a barrier to gaining knowledge about heart
failure (HF) self‐care expectations, strengthening self‐efficacy for self‐care behaviors, and …

Background Patients with inadequate health literacy and heart failure face high healthcare
costs, more hospitalizations, and greater mortality. To address these negative …

We explored the relationships among patients' and family members'(FMs) health literacy,
heart failure (HF) knowledge, and self-care behaviors using baseline data from HF patients …

Heart failure (HF) is a chronic condition requiring continuous self-care. Health literacy is
increasingly recognized as a key factor of self-care behaviors in patients with chronic …

Heart failure (HF) patients with inadequate health literacy are at increased risk for poor self-
care and negative health outcomes such as hospital readmission. The purpose of the …

Objective Health literacy (HL) has been recognized as an important concept in patient
education and disease management for heart failure (HF). However, previous studies on HL …

Background: Low health literacy affects millions of Americans, putting those who are affected
at a disadvantage and at risk for poorer health outcomes. Low health literacy can act as a …

BACKGROUND: Low health literacy compromises patient safety, quality health care, and
desired health outcomes. Specifically, low health literacy is associated with decreased …

Health literacy is discussed in papers from 25 countries where findings suggest that
approximately a third up to one half of the people in developed countries have low health …