Beatriz Pereira, Pedro Rosário, Cátia Silva, Gabriela Figueiredo, José Carlos Núñez, Paula Magalhães
The Mediator and/or Moderator Role of Complexity of Knowledge about Healthy Eating and Self-Regulated Behavior on the Relation between Family's Income and Children's Obesity
International journal of environmental research and public health
examine effects health literacy activities daily living frailty selfcare rehospitalization older adults chronic heart failure using structural equation model crosssectional study two hundred seventyone older patients chronic heart failure recruited using convenience sampling method three community healthcare centres guangzhou southern china data collected using questionnaire survey april 2018 october 2018 three research assistants proposed model revealed good fit data 2 df 239 root mean square error approximation 006 goodness fit index 093 comparative fit index 091 normed fit index 091 health literacy 021 activities daily living 043 frailty 029 selfcare 040 directly affected rehospitalization older patients chronic heart failure health literacy 019 activities daily living 036 frailty 033 indirectly affected rehospitalization selfcare frailty 016 indirectly affected rehospitalization activities daily living activities daily living highest direct total effects rehospitalization effect values 043 057 respectively communitydwelling older adults chronic heart failure limited health literacy frailty declined activities daily living lower selfcare eligible rehospitalization selfcare activities daily living considered mediators rehospitalization predictors future longitudinal study required validate results tailored targeted measures aiming enhance selfcare activities daily living developed older patients chronic heart failure predictors also mediators assessment health literacy level population first step developing health education frailty patients chronic heart failure reduced minimum level