Why the study?
Does health literacy impact treatment adherence and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure?
Does health literacy impact treatment adherence and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure?
Low health literacy in heart failure patients is associated with worse medication adherence and increased risks of rehospitalization and death.
Low literacy signals higher HF risk; leaves open whether interventions improve adherence or outcomes.
The low level of literacy was directly related to lower adherence and the presence of barriers to medication adherence, as well as higher rehospitalization rates and death.
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