| Literature DB >> 26981438 |
Deepika Jain1, Jamie Alton Green1.
Abstract
Health literacy is the capacity of an individual to understand information related to a disease in order to make an informed decision. In patients with kidney diseases, studies have reported increasing impact of limited health literacy on health outcomes. Our paper discusses current literature on health literacy in kidney diseases.Entities:
Keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Health literacy; Hemodialysis; Kidney diseases; Peritoneal dialysis; Rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine
Year: 2016 PMID: 26981438 PMCID: PMC4777785 DOI: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i2.147
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Nephrol ISSN: 2220-6124