Health literacy, cognitive ability, and functional health status among older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether previously noted associations between health literacy and functional health status might be explained by cognitive function.

Data sources/study setting

Health Literacy and Cognition in Older Adults ("LitCog," prospective study funded by National Institute on Aging). Data presented are from interviews conducted among 784 adults, ages 55-74 years receiving care at an academic general medicine clinic or one of four federally qualified health centers in Chicago from 2008 to 2010.

Study design

Study participants completed structured, in-person interviews administered by trained research assistants.

Data collection

Health literacy was measured using the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults, Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in

SUBMITTER: Serper M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4111764 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature