Kara E. Montbleau|Deandre King|Lori Henault|Jared W. Magnani
Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation
Boston University|UPMC Presbyterian|University of Pittsburgh|Presbyterian Hospital
atrial fibrillation af chronic heart rhythm disorder associated significant adverse outcomes healthrelated quality life hrqol established metric health status individuals af health literacy highly relevant individuals experience hrqol conducted pilot investigation examine association health literacy health related quality life hrqol limitedsized cohort individuals af af 60 years old used shorttest functional health literacy adults categorize participants health literacy status used sf36 examine hrqol eight subscales two composite scores related health literacy hrqol cohort 40 participants af 45 female age 779 80 years 625 inadequate health literacy however identify significant association health literacy hrqol expect limitedsized sample chief limitation see association health literacy hrqol convenience cohort studies examining health literacy impact patientcentered outcomes af essential