Why the study?
Is limited health literacy associated with poor anticoagulation control in patients on chronic warfarin therapy?
Population
198 patients on chronic warfarin therapy recruited from 2 diverse anticoagulation clinics in North Carolina.
Comparison
Limited health literacy vs Adequate health literacy
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports health literacy screening in warfarin patients; hypothesis-generating without interventional data to improve TTR.
Is limited health literacy associated with poor anticoagulation control in patients on chronic warfarin therapy?
Limited health literacy is significantly associated with poor anticoagulation control in patients on chronic warfarin therapy, suggesting that a lack of medication understanding may hinder safe and effective use.
Oramasionwu et al. (2014) studied this question.
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