Mengyun Zheng|Hui Jin|Nannan Shi|Chunxiao Duan|Donglei Wang|Xiaoge Yu|Xiaoning Li
The relationship between health literacy and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Southeast University|Southeast University|Southeast University|Southeast University|Southeast University|Southeast University|Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
low health literacy often association poor health outcomes low levels selfefficacy increased mortality poor health status reduced quality life qol aim study quantitatively evaluate relationship health literacy hl qol based systematic review metaanalysisembase pubmed web science elsevier cochrane library chinese electronic databases cnki wanfang searched 1970 february 1 2018 pooled correlation coefficient pcor 95 confidence interval ci hl qol estimated using r software potential sources heterogeneity explored using subgroup analysis sensitivity analysis metaregressiontwentythree studies total 12303 subjectswere included pcor hl qol 035 95ci 025044 considering different dimensions hl pcor qol health knowledge health behavior health belief health skill 036 95 ci 004061 036 95ci 013055 039 95ci 010062 042 95ci 003069 respectively pcor hl two dimensions qol lower total pcor hl qol subgroup analysis pcor hl qol 046 95ci 013 069 among community residents 045 95ci 027 061 china 045 95ci 024 062 based cohort studies sensitivity analyses showed stability results significant excluding study p 0001 metaregression showed cohort study design studies conducted china publication 2012 may important influencing factorshealth literacy moderately correlated quality life finding needs supported evidence