Xuhao Zhang|Shu?Chuen Li|Kok?Yong Fong|Julian Thumboo
The Impact of Health Literacy on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and Utility Assessment among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
National University of Singapore
objective study investigate impact health literacy hl healthrelated quality life hrqol utility assessment among patients rheumatic diseaseshl measured rapid estimate adult literacy medicine realm characterized low adequate hrqol utility scores assessed using sf36 sf6d eq5d comparisons sociodemographics hrqol patients low adequate hl made using test chisquare mannwhitney u tests spearmans correlation partial correlations used study relationship hl hrqol utility scores significant correlations explored using multiple linear regression modelsdata analyzed 199 subjects patients adequate hl significantly higher education levels better dwelling status lower disease activity better physical functioning pf significant although weak correlation hl level pf adjustment hl level shown independently explain 37 variance pf score nevertheless impact hl utility assessment hrqol domainshl impact hrqol general found weak impact pf patients rheumatic diseases