Marija Jovani?|Marija Zdravkovi?|Dejana Stanisavljevi?|Aleksandra Vraneš
Exploring the Importance of Health Literacy for the Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure
University of Belgrade|University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska kosa|University of Belgrade|University of Belgrade|University of Belgrade
chronic noncommunicable diseases adequate health literacy plays key role making right decisions treatment heart failure patients heart failure lower health literacy reduced quality life crosssectional study among 200 patients heart failure conducted state university hospital belgrade serbia european health literacy questionnaire hlseuq47 used assess health literacy quality life measured generic sf36 minnesota living heart failure questionnaire descriptive analytical statistical analysis applied half respondents 64 limited health literacy lowest mean health literacy index 2801 934 within disease prevention dimension largest number respondents showed limited health literacy 70 patients poorer quality life physical dimension best scores identified emotional role social functioning health literacy highly statistically significant independent predictor quality life physical mental total quality life improving health literacy lead better decisions treatment disease quality life heart failure patients