Burcu Arkan, Aylin Bostanlı
Teaching psychiatric nursing with films during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
limited literacy common prevalence increases age prospective study assessed whether limited literacy associated mortality older adultsto assess association limited literacy mortalityfiveyear prospective study 1999 2004 communitydwelling elders memphis tn pittsburgh pa health aging body composition study subjects literacy assessed rapid estimate adult literacy medicine scores categorized limited 0 8th grade reading level adequate literacy 9th grade reading leveltwo thousand five hundred twelve black white elders without baseline functional difficulties dementiatime deathparticipants mean age 756 years 48 male 38 black 24 limited literacy median followup time 42 years compared adequate literacy limited literacy higher risk death 197 vs 106 hazard ratio hr 203 95 confidence intervals ci 162 255 adjusting demographics socioeconomic status comorbid conditions selfrated health status healthrelated behaviors health care access measures psychosocial status limited literacy remained independently associated mortality hr 175 95 ci 127 241limited literacy independently associated nearly 2fold increase mortality elderly given growth aging population prevalence chronic diseases mechanisms limited literacy associated mortality elderly warrant investigation