Aims The aim of this systematic review and meta‐analysis was to synthesise the evidence
relating to medication non‐adherence and its association with health outcomes in people …

Background: Approximately 80 million Americans have limited health literacy, which puts
them at greater risk for poorer access to care and poorer health outcomes. Purpose: To …

Background: Since the situation-specific theory of heart failure (HF) self-care was published
in 2008, we have learned much about how and why patients with HF take care of …

Background Many studies have shown that low health literacy (HL) is associated with
several adverse outcomes. In this study, we systematically reviewed the prevalence of low …

Background Health literacy (HL) is seen as an increasingly relevant issue for global public
health and requires a reliable and comprehensive operationalization. By now, there is …

Acute heart failure (AHF) is a common and serious condition that contributes to about 5% of
all emergency hospital admissions in Europe and the USA. Here, we present the …

Medication adherence usually refers to whether patients take their medications as
prescribed (eg, twice daily), as well as whether they continue to take a prescribed …

Objective To explore and evaluate the most common factors causing therapeutic non-
compliance. Methods A qualitative review was undertaken by a literature search of the …

Self-care is advocated as a method of improving outcomes from heart failure (HF), the final
common pathway for several prevalent illnesses, including hypertension and coronary artery …

The objective of this paper is to synthesize and update findings from systematic review on
health literacy and health outcomes among patients with long-term conditions, and extend …