Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a chronic heart rhythm disorder associated with significant adverse outcomes. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an established metric of health status in individuals with AF, and health literacy is highly relevant to how individuals experience HRQoL. We conducted...

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Main Authors: Kara E. Montbleau, Deandre King, Lori Henault, Jared W Magnani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Cogent Medicine
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2017.1412121
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spelling doaj-729a36e244ae4dc5949478206d2c0eeb2021-03-18T14:42:10ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Medicine2331-205X2017-01-014110.1080/2331205X.2017.14121211412121Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillationKara E. Montbleau0Deandre King1Lori Henault2Jared W Magnani3Boston University School of MedicineBoston University School of MedicineBoston University School of MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh, UPMC Presbyterian HospitalAtrial fibrillation (AF) is a chronic heart rhythm disorder associated with significant adverse outcomes. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an established metric of health status in individuals with AF, and health literacy is highly relevant to how individuals experience HRQoL. We conducted a pilot investigation to examine the association of health literacy and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in a limited-sized cohort of individuals with AF, all of whom had AF and were ≥60 years old. We used the Short-Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults to categorize participants by health literacy status. We used the SF-36 to examine HRQoL in eight subscales and two composite scores, and related health literacy to HRQoL. In our cohort of 40 participants with AF (45% female, age 77.9 ± 8.0 years), 62.5% had inadequate health literacy. However, we did not identify a significant association between health literacy and HRQoL. We expect our limited-sized sample is a chief limitation for why we did not see an association between health literacy and HRQoL in this convenience cohort. Further studies examining health literacy and its impact on patient-centered outcomes in AF are essential.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2017.1412121atrial fibrillationhealth-related quality of lifehealth literacy
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author Kara E. Montbleau
Deandre King
Lori Henault
Jared W Magnani
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Deandre King
Lori Henault
Jared W Magnani
Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation
Cogent Medicine
atrial fibrillation
health-related quality of life
health literacy
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Deandre King
Lori Henault
Jared W Magnani
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title Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation
title_short Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation
title_full Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation
title_fullStr Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation
title_full_unstemmed Health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation
title_sort health literacy, health-related quality of life, and atrial fibrillation
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Cogent Medicine
issn 2331-205X
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a chronic heart rhythm disorder associated with significant adverse outcomes. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an established metric of health status in individuals with AF, and health literacy is highly relevant to how individuals experience HRQoL. We conducted a pilot investigation to examine the association of health literacy and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in a limited-sized cohort of individuals with AF, all of whom had AF and were ≥60 years old. We used the Short-Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults to categorize participants by health literacy status. We used the SF-36 to examine HRQoL in eight subscales and two composite scores, and related health literacy to HRQoL. In our cohort of 40 participants with AF (45% female, age 77.9 ± 8.0 years), 62.5% had inadequate health literacy. However, we did not identify a significant association between health literacy and HRQoL. We expect our limited-sized sample is a chief limitation for why we did not see an association between health literacy and HRQoL in this convenience cohort. Further studies examining health literacy and its impact on patient-centered outcomes in AF are essential.
topic atrial fibrillation
health-related quality of life
health literacy
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2017.1412121
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