Muzna Suhail|Hamid Saeed|Zikria Saleem|Saman Younas|Furqan Khurshid Hashmi|Muhammad Fawad Rasool|Muhammad Islam|Imran Imran
Association of health literacy and medication adherence with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with ischemic heart disease
University of Lahore|Bahauddin Zakariya University|Bahauddin Zakariya University
abstract background medication adherence health related quality life hrqol two interconnected concepts coinfluenced health literacy hl significant impact patient management care thus aimed estimate association hl hrqol ihd patients methods crosssectional study 251 ihd patients recruited lahore 6 months period hl hrqol assessed using validated questionnaires 16items hl morisky green levine scale mgls sf12 respectively chisquare significance logisticregression association linear regression predictions used results ihd patients males p 00001 secondaryhigher education p 00001 middleupper class p 00001 employed p 0005 adequate hl likely adherent 43 p 0014 physical pcs12 mental mcs12 component scores hrqol age gender education area residence employment significantly higher patients adequate hl multinomial regression improved pcs12 scores tend higher subjects secondaryhigher education 35 p 0067 employed 61 p 0002 adherent 295 p 0218 mcs12 scores tend higher patients lt 65 years 22 p 0032 employed 3 p 0002 adherent 4 p 0004 adjusted model hl 0383 p 00001 0133 p 0018 significantly associated pcs12 mcs12 0161 p 0009 conclusion data suggested adequate hl significantly associated adherence physical mental dimensions hrqol higher ihd patients adequate hl besides hl independent predictors hrqol ihd patients