Health literacy is a capacity to obtain, comprehend, and use health-related information to make judgments and decisions concerning well-being and health. Inadequate health literacy is an essential factor that decreases a person’s possibilities to operate in the health care environment. Older adults have health-related problems and need health care services more often. The aim of this study was to investigate the level of health literacy in older adults and factors independently associated with health literacy. A systematic review was conducted in two databases, PubMed and CINAHL, resulting 80 articles that met the inclusion criteria. The quality appraisal of the articles was made by using STROBE or CONSORT checklists. The analysis of the ...
Health literacy (HL) encompasses someone's knowledge and abilities to access and use health informat...
This descriptive study is a secondary analysis of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) 2...
BACKGROUND: Many older adults have low levels of health literacy which affects their ability to part...
This study aimed to examine the relationship between health literacy and the health status of older ...
Inadequate health literacy occurs more amongst older adults and can result in difficulties synthesis...
Older adults with low health literacy can improve their health if they learn to self-manage their we...
Older adults make up the fastest growing age group in North America. This has demanded increased att...
This study aimed to understand the strengths and limitations of health literacy skills among older a...
Introduktion: Teknikutvecklingen och digitaliseringen i samhället sker i en hög hastighet. Äldre vux...
Background: Health literacy is a measure of individual’s ability to read, comprehend, and act on me...
Low health literacy is an important predictor of poor health outcomes and well-being among older adu...
Introduction: Health literacy is the capacity of individuals to obtain, process and understand infor...
The concept of health literacy has caught the attention and interest of many scientific fields, suc...
Ageing involves rising challenges for health and well-being. At the same time, older age has been as...
From the individual viewpoint, active aging refers to the ability of older persons, depending on the...
Health literacy (HL) encompasses someone's knowledge and abilities to access and use health informat...
This descriptive study is a secondary analysis of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) 2...
BACKGROUND: Many older adults have low levels of health literacy which affects their ability to part...
This study aimed to examine the relationship between health literacy and the health status of older ...
Inadequate health literacy occurs more amongst older adults and can result in difficulties synthesis...
Older adults with low health literacy can improve their health if they learn to self-manage their we...
Older adults make up the fastest growing age group in North America. This has demanded increased att...
This study aimed to understand the strengths and limitations of health literacy skills among older a...
Introduktion: Teknikutvecklingen och digitaliseringen i samhället sker i en hög hastighet. Äldre vux...
Background: Health literacy is a measure of individual’s ability to read, comprehend, and act on me...
Low health literacy is an important predictor of poor health outcomes and well-being among older adu...
Introduction: Health literacy is the capacity of individuals to obtain, process and understand infor...
The concept of health literacy has caught the attention and interest of many scientific fields, suc...
Ageing involves rising challenges for health and well-being. At the same time, older age has been as...
From the individual viewpoint, active aging refers to the ability of older persons, depending on the...
Health literacy (HL) encompasses someone's knowledge and abilities to access and use health informat...
This descriptive study is a secondary analysis of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) 2...
BACKGROUND: Many older adults have low levels of health literacy which affects their ability to part...