Health literacy in primary care practice

L Hersh, B Salzman, D Snyderman - American family physician, 2015 - aafp.org
Health literacy includes a set of skills needed to make appropriate health decisions and
successfully navigate the health care system. These skills include reading, writing …

A systematic review of unmet needs of newly diagnosed older cancer patients undergoing active cancer treatment

MTE Puts, A Papoutsis, E Springall… - Supportive Care in …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study is to systematically review evidence with regard to answering
the following questions:(1) What are the unmet care needs of older persons diagnosed with …

Health literacy of caregivers of adult care recipients: A systematic scoping review

EYN Yuen, T Knight, LA Ricciardelli… - Health & social care in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Caregivers play a vital role in providing support to adults with a chronic condition, or
cognitive or physical impairment. Low health literacy in caregivers has the potential to …

Health literacy, communication, and treatment decision-making in older cancer patients

S Amalraj, C Starkweather, C Nguyen… - …, 2009 - search.proquest.com
Inadequate health literacy and physician-patient communication are associated with poor
health outcomes and appear to limit quality of medical decision-making. This review …

Mobile health application and e-health literacy: opportunities and concerns for cancer patients and caregivers

H Kim, JV Goldsmith, S Sengupta, A Mahmood… - Journal of Cancer …, 2019 - Springer
Health literacy is critical for cancer patients as they must understand complex procedures or
treatment options. Caregivers' health literacy also plays a crucial role in caring for cancer …

Patient-provider interaction: A communication accommodation theory perspective

S Farzadnia, H Giles - International Journal of Society, Culture & …, 2015 - ijscl.com
This paper critically reviews studies that have interpretively invoked communication
accommodation theory (CAT) for the study of patient-provider interaction. CAT's …

[HTML][HTML] BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia: Epidemiology and impact

M Markoulli, TR Fricke, A Arvind, KD Frick… - Contact Lens and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global all-ages prevalence of epidemiologically-measured 'functional'presbyopia was
estimated at 24.9% in 2015, affecting 1.8 billion people. This prevalence was projected to …

Digital health in older adults for the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases and frailty. A clinical consensus statement from the ESC Council for …

L Guasti, P Dilaveris, MA Mamas, D Richter… - ESC heart …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Digital health technology is receiving increasing attention in cardiology. The rise of
accessibility of digital health tools including wearable technologies and smart phone …

Health literacy and fear of cancer progression in elderly women newly diagnosed with breast cancer—A longitudinal analysis

SM Halbach, A Enders, C Kowalski, TK Pförtner… - Patient education and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective This study aims to investigate the distribution of health literacy levels and the
association of health literacy with fear of cancer progression (FoP) over the course of cancer …

Effects of nurse-led telephone-based supportive interventions for patients with cancer: A meta-analysis

RN Soon-Rim Suh, MK Lee - Oncology nursing forum, 2017 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Problem Identification: To evaluate the effects of nurse-led telephone-based
supportive interventions (NTSIs) for patients with cancer. Literature Search: Electronic …