Functional health literacy in hypertensive elders at primary health care

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 72; no. suppl 2; pp. 266 - 273
• Main Authors: Costa, Victor Roberto Santos, Costa, Polyana D'arc Rezende, Nakano, Eduardo Yoshio, Apolinário, Daniel, Santana, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Chronic illnesses; Cognitive ability; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease management; Educational technology; Female; Health education; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Literacy; Health Literacy - standards; Health Vulnerability; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - psychology; Kidney diseases; Male; Medication Adherence - psychology; Middle Aged; Nursing; Older people; Primary care; Primary Health Care; Primary Health Care - methods; Substance abuse treatment; Brazil

to assess the relationship between inadequate functional health literacy and inadequate blood pressure control in older people with hypertension in Primary Health Care. a cross-sectional study with sample calculated at 392. SAHLPA-18 tool was used for functional health literacy; blood pressure was m...