[Health literacy in patients with heart failure treated in primary care].

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The level of health literacy is examined, as well as its conditioning factors in patients with heart failure who are seen routinely in a Primary Health Care Area.

Design

A multicentre cross-sectional study.

Setting

10 Primary care centres from the metropolitan area of Barcelona.

Participants

Patients diagnosed with heart failure.

Inclusion criteria

to have visited the Primary Health Care centre in the last year, being able to arrive at the primary care setting independently, and voluntarily participation.

Main measurements

Health Literacy Survey-European Union - Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q) and Spanish version of the European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale. An analysis was made of the relationships between health literacy, self-car

SUBMITTER: Santesmases-Masana R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6875916 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature