Key result
Inadequate health literacy is not associated with quality of life in older atrial fibrillation patients.
Why the study?
The association between health literacy and health-related quality of life in individuals with atrial fibrillation aged 60 years and older was not well understood.
Is health literacy associated with health-related quality of life in older adults with atrial fibrillation?
Observational (n=40)
Is health literacy associated with health-related quality of life in older adults with atrial fibrillation?
In a small pilot study of older adults with atrial fibrillation, inadequate health literacy was common but not significantly associated with health-related quality of life.
Health literacy may relate to HRQoL in older AF patients; hypothesis-generating and requires larger prospective confirmation before clinical use.
Atrial fbrillation (AF) is a chronic heart rhythm disorder associated with significant adverse outcomes. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an established metric of health status in individuals with AF, and health literacy is highly relevant to how individuals experience HRQoL. We conducted a pilot investigation to examine the association of health literacy and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in a limited-sized cohort of individuals with AF, all of whom had AF and were ≥60 years old. We used the Short-Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults to categorize participants by health literacy status. We used the SF-36 to examine HRQoL in eight subscales and two composite scores, and related health literacy to HRQoL. In our cohort of 40 participants with AF (45% female, age 77.9 ± 8.0 years), 62.5% had inadequate health literacy. However, we did not identify a significant association between health literacy and HRQoL. We expect our limited-sized sample is a chief limitation for why we did not see an association between health literacy and HRQoL in this convenience cohort. Further studies examining health literacy and its impact on patient-centered outcomes in AF are essential.
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Montbleau et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Atrial fibrillation (n=40). Health literacy was evaluated on Health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Inadequate health literacy, present in 62.5% of participants, was not significantly associated with health-related quality of life in older adults with atrial fibrillation.
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