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health literacy defined persons ability find understand use healthrelated information making healthrelated decisions patients lower health literacy frequently face difficulties health issues need medical help patients less likely visit health care facilities receive less help subsequently leads higher hospitalization mortality rates patients better health literacy skills pay attention health behaviours crosssectional survey conducted two primary health care centresone public one privatein lithuania study enrolled patients visiting family physicians n 399 study used health literacy survey european questionnaire hlseuq47 calculation means two independent samples used statistical analysis correlation coefficient calculated majority 406 respondents problematic health literacy 7 excellent health literacy better health literacy observed among younger patients aged 30 years residing urban areas higher education living partner inadequate problematic health literacy noted among 836 respondents aged 59 years older similar rates also observed among patients basic primary education 761 secondary education 766 divorced patients 86 respondents better health literacy also better health behaviours p 005 health literacy influenced age residence education family status patients better health literacy also reported better health behaviours