Health literacy and warfarin therapy at two anticoagulation clinics in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health literacy has been related to health-related conditions and health outcomes. Studies examining the association of health literacy and anticoagulation have had variable results. We sought to investigate the relations of health literacy and percentage of time in therapeutic range (TTR) in a vulnerable Brazilian cohort at two hospital-based anticoagulation clinics.

Methods

We measured health literacy with the Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults (SAHLPA-18) in 2015-2016. We identified the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with health literacy and related health literacy to TTR.

Results

We enrolled 422 adults prescribed chronic warfarin therapy in our observational study (median age 62.1 years; 58.8% women; m

SUBMITTER: Martins MAP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5595143 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature