Highlights the importance of recognizing and addressing low health literacy in heart failure patients to improve health outcomes.
Supports incorporating health literacy assessment into heart failure care; leaves open optimal interventions for prospective trials.
Considering the prevalence of low health literacy among in the HF population, nurses and healthcare professionals need to recognize the consequences of low health literacy and adopt strategies that could minimize its detrimental effect on the patient's health outcomes.
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