Health Literacy Influences Heart Failure Knowledge Attainment but Not Self-Efficacy for Self-Care or Adherence to Self-Care over Time
Background. Inadequate health literacy may be a barrier to gaining knowledge about heart failure (HF) self-care expectations, strengthening self-efficacy for self-care behaviors, and adhering to self-care behaviors over time. Objective. To examine if health literacy is associated with HF knowledge,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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Series: | Nursing Research and Practice |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/353290 |