Login / Signup

Functional health literacy in hypertensive elders at primary health care.

Victor Roberto Santos CostaPolyana D'arc Rezende CostaEduardo Yoshio NakanoDaniel ApolinarioAlfredo Nicodemos Cruz Santana
Published in: Revista brasileira de enfermagem (2020)
hypertensive elderly people with inadequate health literacy were more likely to have inadequate blood pressure. Thus, health professionals need to value functional health literacy as a possible component to control blood pressure.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • health information
  • hypertensive patients
  • heart rate
  • community dwelling
  • blood glucose
  • healthcare
  • type diabetes
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • skeletal muscle