Comment on ‘The Association Between Self‐Care and Health Literacy in Patients With Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis’

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how self-care practices relate to health literacy among individuals with chronic diseases.
• Conducted a systematic review of existing literature.
• Performed a meta-analysis to quantify associations between self-care and health literacy.
• Focused on patients with chronic diseases.
• Identified a significant positive association between self-care and health literacy.
• Higher health literacy improves self-care practices.
• Variability in findings suggests the need for further investigation into specific chronic diseases.