A literature review to understand health literacy in men with prostate cancer on active surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Active surveillance (AS) has been established as an important treatment option for patients with localised prostate cancer (PCa). Current evidence suggests that health literacy is an important facilitator or barrier to choosing and adhering to AS. We aim to understand how the level of health literacy has an impact on choosing and adhering to AS for PCa patients.

Methods

We performed a narrative literature review in accordance with the Narrative Review guidelines through the MEDLINE online database via PubMed using two different search strategies to identify the relevant literature. We looked at literature until August 2022. A narrative synthesis was performed to identify if there is any evidence on how studies report health literacy as an outcome in

SUBMITTER: Beyer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10251082 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature