Why the study?
Medication adherence, diet, and weight control are essential to blood pressure management, and low health literacy is linked to poor health behaviors and outcomes in hypertension.
Does a brief health literacy intervention improve self-care activities in adults with hypertension?
Population
52 English- and Spanish-speaking adults with hypertension at a low-cost clinic
Comparison
A 2-hour evidence-based health literacy class focused on hypertension self-care
Design
Pilot intervention study
Follow-up
1 month
Authors
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Should not yet change practice; leaves open whether this brief literacy class improves BP control in low-literacy hypertension patients.
Does a brief health literacy intervention improve self-care activities in adults with hypertension?
A brief 2-hour health literacy intervention can effectively improve self-reported diet and weight management behaviors in vulnerable patients with hypertension.
Warren‐Findlow et al. (2019) studied this question.
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