Review paper

Health literacy and patient outcomes in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review

Published: Nov 20, 2017
Abstract
Limited health literacy affects 25% of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and may reduce self-management skills resulting in poorer clinical outcomes. By disproportionately affecting people with low socio-economic status and non-white ethnicity, limited health literacy may promote health inequity.We performed a systematic review of quantitative studies of health literacy and clinical outcomes among adults with CKD.A total of 29 studies...
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Title
Health literacy and patient outcomes in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
Published Date
Nov 20, 2017
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