Background It has been about 30 years since the first health literacy instrument was
developed. This study aimed to review all existing instruments to summarize the current …

Background Health literacy (HL) is seen as an increasingly relevant issue for global public
health and requires a reliable and comprehensive operationalization. By now, there is …

Background To investigate the association between critical and communicative oral health
literacy (OHL) and oral health outcomes (status, oral health-related quality of life and …

Objectives To investigate the relationship between functional health literacy and glycaemic
control in a sample of older patients with type 2 diabetes. Design Cross-sectional study …

Objective: To relate the level of functional health literacy with adherence and barriers to non-
adherence, rehospitalization, readmission and death in patients with heart failure. Method: A …

Abstract Objectives To assess whether Health Literacy (HL) acts as a determinant of obesity
in adults and children by synthesizing the results of recent scientific evidence. Content This …

Objectives To review the evidence supporting the validity of health literacy (HL) measures
for ethnic minority populations. Methods PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases were …

Objectives The way health literacy is understood (conceptualised) should be closely linked
to how it is measured (operationalised). This study aimed to gain insights into how health …

Objective To identify the optimal measurement instrument for assessing health literacy in a
clinical setting. Methods Seven databases were searched for studies evaluating health …

Objective: To evaluate the effect of educational intervention in the adherence to self-care
activities and functional health literacy and numeracy in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus …