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The relationship between health literacy and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Author Affiliations
Southeast University, Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Published InHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes
Year2018
Citations241
Abstract
BACKGROUND: 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 systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, Elsevier, Cochrane Library, and Chinese electronic databases such as CNKI, and Wanfang were searched from 1970 until February 1, 2018. The pooled correlation coefficient (PCOR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI) between HL and QOL were estimated using R software. Potential sources of heterogeneity were explored using subgroup analysis, sensitivity analysis, and meta-regression. RESULTS: Twenty-three studies, with a total of 12,303…
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