Health literacy and health outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

There is little information worldwide about the impact of health literacy (HL) on clinical outcomes of COPD. Our aim was to quantify inadequate HL in Spain, as measured by the Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish Adults questionnaire, and to examine the associations between HL and both COPD outcomes and health status.

Source: Respiratory Medicine CME - April 27, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Luis Puente-Maestu, Myriam Calle, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Hermosa, Anna Campuzano, Javier de Miguel Díez, Jose Luis Álvarez-Sala, Luis Puente-Andues, Maria Joselín Pérez Gutiérrez, Shoou-Yih D. Lee Source Type: research