Julie Halverson|Ana P. Martínez-Donate|Mari Palta|Ticiana Leal|Sam Joseph Lubner|Matthew C. Walsh|Jeanne Schaaf Strickland|Paul D. Smith|Amy Trentham?Dietz
Health Literacy and Health-Related Quality of Life Among a Population-Based Sample of Cancer Patients
University of Wisconsin–Madison|Medical College of Wisconsin|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison
healthrelated quality life important outcome cancer care studies indicate health literacy influences cancer patients healthrelated quality life additional investigation needed authors examined relation health literacy healthrelated quality life among cancer patients crosssectional survey conducted cancer patients wisconsin 20062007 data sociodemographics clinical characteristics healthrelated quality life health literacy obtained states cancer registry mailed questionnaire regression analyses used characterize association healthrelated quality life health literacy study sample included 1841 adults newly diagnosed lung breast colorectal prostate cancer 2004 response rate 68 healthrelated quality life measured functional assessment cancer therapygeneral adjusting confounders higher health literacy associated greater healthrelated quality life p 0001 controlling covariates found significant differences highest lowest health literacy categories p 0001 physical p 0001 functional p 0001 emotional p 0001 social p 0007 wellbeing subscales associations exceeded minimally important difference threshold overall healthrelated quality life functional wellbeing health literacy positively independently associated healthrelated quality life among cancer patients findings support adoption health literacy best practices cancer care systems