Health literacy in familial hypercholesterolemia: A cross-national study
Background High rates of inadequate health literacy are associated with maladaptive health outcomes in chronic disease including increased mortality and morbidity rates, poor treatment adherence and poor health. Adequate health literacy may be an important factor in the effective treatment and manag...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Health literacy in familial hypercholesterolemia: A cross-national study |
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| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a ADHERENCE |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE RISK |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a dyslipidemia |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a EXPERIENCES |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a familial hypercholesterolemia |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a genetic screening |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a health disparities |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a Health literacy |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a METAANALYSIS |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a OUTCOMES |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a PEOPLE |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a POPULATION |
| 650 | 0 | 4 | |a QUESTIONS |
| 856 | |z View Fulltext in Publisher |u https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487318766954 | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a Background High rates of inadequate health literacy are associated with maladaptive health outcomes in chronic disease including increased mortality and morbidity rates, poor treatment adherence and poor health. Adequate health literacy may be an important factor in the effective treatment and management of familial hypercholesterolemia, and may also be implicated in genetic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia among index cases. The present study examined the prevalence and predictors of health literacy in familial hypercholesterolemia patients attending clinics in seven countries. | |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Hagger, MS |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Hardcastle, SJ |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Hu, M |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Kwok, S |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Lin, J |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Nawawi, HM |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Pang, J |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Santos, RD |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Soran, H |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Su, TC |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Tomlinson, B |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Watts, GF |e author |
| 773 | |t EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY | ||