Health literacy and adherence to treatment of patients with heart failure

ABSTRACT Objective: To relate the level of functional health literacy with adherence and barriers to non-adherence, rehospitalization, readmission and death in patients with heart failure. Method: A cross-sectional, analytical study with patients admitted to the emergency room with a diagnosis of...

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Main Authors: Monica Isabelle Lopes Oscalices, Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno, Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes, Ruth Ester Assayag Batista, Cassia Regina Vancini Campanharo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
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Online Access:http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342019000100444&lng=en&tlng=en