Health literacy and outcomes among patients with heart failure.
Health literacy and outcomes among patients with heart failure.
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10.1001/jama.2011.512
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发表时间:
2011-04-27
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Masoudi FA
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Peterson PN;Shetterly SM;Clarke CL;Bekelman DB;Chan PS;Allen LA;Matlock DD;Magid DJ;Masoudi FA
Little is known about the impact of low health literacy among patients with heart failure (HF), a condition that requires self-management and frequent interactions with the healthcare system. Evaluate the association between low health literacy and all-cause rehospitalization and mortality among outpatients with HF. Retrospective cohort study performed at Kaiser Permanente Colorado, an integrated managed care organization. Patients with HF were identified between Jan, 2001 and May, 2008 and followed for a mean of 1.2 years. Patients were surveyed. Health literacy was assessed using three established screening questions and categorized as adequate or low. Outpatients with HF. All-cause mortality and hospitalization. The survey response rate was 72%. Of 1494 patients, 262 (17.5%) had low health literacy. Patients with low health literacy were older, of lower socioeconomic status, less likely to have at least a high school education and had higher rates of coexisting illnesses. In multivariable Cox regression, low health literacy was independently associated with higher mortality (unadjusted 17.6% vs. 6.3%; adjusted hazard ratio [HR]: 1.61; 95% CI 1.06–2.43; p=0.026), but not hospitalization (30.5% vs. 23.2%; HR:1.04; 95% CI 0.79–1.37; p=0.760). Among patients with HF in an integrated managed care organization, low health literacy was significantly associated with higher all-cause mortality.