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introduction quality life older adults one important issues health care aim study investigate power health literacy general literacy predicting quality life among older adults bojnurd iranx0d methods crosssectional study conducted 180 older adults bojnurd city 2016 participants selected multistage cluster sampling method instruments used study included demographic variables questionnaire 12item short form health survey health literacy iranian adults describe analyze data spss software used descriptive statistics kolmogorovsmirnov mannwhitney u anova spearman correlation coefficient multifactorial regression analysis run analyze datax0d results mean health literacy score 6976 1505 score range 0 100 mean score quality life 262 612 score range 12 48 level health literacy insufficient 322 participants half lacked general literacy relationship health literacy quality life statistically significant p lt 0001 r 054 significant difference observed illiterate literate seniors regard quality life scores p lt 0001 predictive power health literacy general literacy statistically significant obtaining higher score quality life beta coefficients 065 025 respectively p lt 0001x0d conclusion although health literacy general literacy affect elderlies quality life positively health literacy effective therefore authorities suggested increase quality health literacy improve seniors quality life