The relationship between health literacy and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Health and quality of life outcomes Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 201 - 10
• Main Authors: Zheng, Mengyun, Jin, Hui, Shi, Naiyang, Duan, Chunxiao, Wang, Donglei, Yu, Xiaoge, Li, Xiaoning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.10.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Cancer; China; Cohort Studies; Confidence intervals; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Health; Health education; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Literacy; Health Status; Heterogeneity; Humans; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Primary care; Quality of Life; Regression analysis; Review; Self Efficacy; Sensitivity analysis; Spinal cord; Stability analysis; Statistical analysis; Studies; Subgroups; Systematic review; Canada; Australia; United States > US; Europe; China; Correlation coefficient; Health literacy; Systematic review; Meta-analysis; Quality of life

Low health literacy often has an association with poor health outcomes such as low levels of self-efficacy, increased mortality, poor health status and reduced quality of life (QOL). The aim of the study was to quantitatively evaluate the relationship between health literacy (HL) and QOL based on a...