Eva Yuen|Tess Knight|Lina A. Ricciardelli|Sue Burney
Health literacy of caregivers of adult care recipients: A systematic scoping review
Deakin University|Temple University|Deakin University|Deakin University|Monash University|Cabrini Hospital
caregivers play vital role providing support adults chronic condition cognitive physical impairment low health literacy caregivers potential impact adequate care provision consequently care recipient health outcomes aim study systematically review literature related health literacy caregivers adult care recipients examine relationship care recipient caregiver health outcomes electronic databases searched relevant englishlanguage publications assessed health literacy caregivers included studies abstracted evidence tables assessed using eightitem quality scale search identified 2717 new titles abstracts 67 shortlisted full review twelve papers 2003 2015 met inclusion criteria prevalence limited health literacy caregivers ranged 0 525 depending measure cutoff criteria used associations found low caregiver health literacy poorer care recipient selfmanagement behaviours ii increased care recipient use health services iii increased caregiver burden quality studies ranged fair excellent low health literacy caregivers differed depending measures scoring criteria used evidence support relationship caregiver health literacy care recipient caregiver health outcomes limited single studies recommendations research include development caregiver health literacy measures across different populations examination associations caregiver health literacy care recipient outcomes development interventions designed improve caregiver health literacy