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stroke may cause debilitating neurological deficiencies result motor sensory cognitive deficits poorer psychosocial functioning prior studies provided initial evidence significant roles health literacy poor oral health old people however studies focused health literacy individuals stroke therefore relationships health literacy oral healthrelated quality life ohrqol among middleaged older adults stroke unknown aimed assess relationships stroke prevalence health literacy status ohrqol middleaged older adults retrieved data taiwan longitudinal study aging populationbased survey eligible subject gathered data 2015 age sex level education marital status health literacy activity daily living adl stroke history ohrqol evaluated respondents health literacy using nineitem health literacy scale categorized health literacy level low medium high ohrqol identified based taiwan version oral health impact profile ohip7t final study contained 7702 communitybased dwelling elderly people 3630 male 4072 female analysis study stroke history reported 43 participants 253 reported low health literacy 419 least one adl disability furthermore 113 participants depression 83 cognitive impairment 34 poor ohrqol age health literacy adl disability stroke history depression status significantly associated poor ohrqol sex marital status adjusted medium odds ratio 1784 95 confidence interval ci 1177 2702 low health literacy 2496 95 ci 1628 3828 significantly associated poor ohrqol base study results people stroke history poor ohrqol lower health literacy adl disability associated worse qhrqol studies necessary define practical strategies reducing risk stroke oral health constantly lower health literacy thereby improving quality life providing health care older people