HEALTH LITERACY ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION: SCOPING REVIEW

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

HEALTH LITERACY ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION: SCOPING REVIEW

Original language description

The aim of this study isto find out how the health literacy of patients with hypertension is examined. The intention of the study is to identify, appraise, and synthesize available health literacy assessment instruments used in patients with hypertension. Methods: In the electronic databases Ebsco Academic Search Complete were searched for primary studies that used validated measures to assess health literacy in patients with hypertension. The search for the research studies was based on acombination of the following keywords: health literacy, hypertension, measurement, information, and knowledge. Exclusion criteria: not aprimary study, does not concern research on hypertension, unrelated to health literacy research or obtaining of informationand acquiring of knowledge, not available in full-text, or clear research methodology description not available. The data were processed using thematic analysis based on the sorting method.Results: The health literacy in patients with hypertension are not widely studied. The majority of studies used quantitative methods of research with standardized tools. Fourteen studies were included. Sixhealth literacy assessment instruments were identified, of which only one was disease-specific. The Health LiteracySurvey (HLS) and TheTest of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA) were found to be the most commonly used instrument to assess health literacy in hypertension.Conclusions: The standardized instrument are the most widely used to evaluate healthliteracy in hypertension population. There is a lack of hypertension-specific health literacy screening instruments.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Educational Alternatives

ISBN

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ISSN

1314-7277

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

306-313

Publisher name

Science Events Ltd.

Place of publication

Burgas

Event location

Burgas

Event date

Aug 23, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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