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Health Literacy and the Patient With Heart Failure—Implications for Patient Care and Research: A Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Society of America
Journal of Cardiac FailureVol. 16Issue 1p9–16Published online: December 11, 2009- Lorraine S. Evangelista
- Kismet D. Rasmusson
- Ann S. Laramee
- Joan Barr
- Susan E. Ammon
- Sandra Dunbar
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 125Low health literacy compromises patient safety, quality health care, and desired health outcomes. Specifically, low health literacy is associated with decreased knowledge of one's medical condition, poor medication recall, nonadherence to treatment plans, poor self-care behaviors, compromised physical and mental health, greater risk of hospitalization, and increased mortality.
