Ahara Jo|Eun Ji Seo|Youn?Jung Son
The roles of health literacy and social support in improving adherence to self?care behaviours among older adults with heart failure
Chung-Ang University|Ajou University|Chung-Ang University
describe associations health literacy social support selfcare behaviours older adults heart failurea crosssectional descriptive studya total 252 older adults recruited tertiary care hospital september 2018february 2019 structured questionnaires medical record reviews used data collection two steps hierarchical regression analysis employed determine predictors selfcare behaviourshealth literacy 027 p 001 social support 032 p 001 significant determinants selfcare behaviours older adults heart failure together explained 22 variance selfcare behaviourshealth literacy perceived social support positively associated selfcare behaviours among older heart failure patients findings help health professionals develop heart failure selfcare interventions enhance health literacy skills social support older adults