Fernanda Moura Borges|Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva|Luí­sa Helena de Oliveira Lima|Paulo César de Almeida|Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira|Ana Larissa Gomes Machado
Health literacy of adults with and without arterial hypertension
Universidade Federal do Piauí|Universidade Federal do Piauí|Universidade Federal do Piauí|Universidade Estadual do Ceará|Universidade Federal do Ceará|Universidade Federal do Piauí
assess level health literacy adults without hypertension treated three basic health units ubs picos piaucrosssectional study conducted 357 adults data collected using questionnaire sociodemographic variables literacy assessed test functional literacy adults descriptive analysis performed followed association literacy exposure variables pearsons chisquared x2 test mannwhitney u testinadequate marginal health literacy found three units investigated 715 778 852 age years schooling factors associated inadequate literacy adults hypertension p00001inadequate literacy found 70 hypertensive patients investigated finding reinforces need improve selfcare skills hypertensive patients especially older ones years schooling