Associations Between Health Literacy and Medication Self-Management Among Community Health Center Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension.

Stephen D PersellKunal N KarmaliJi Young LeeDanielle LazarTiffany BrownElisha M FriesemaMichael S Wolf

Published in: Patient preference and adherence (2020)

Low health literacy was associated with worse medication self-management in several domains. However, non-adherence was greatest in the most health literate in unadjusted analysis. Among a population of patients with uncontrolled hypertension, the drivers of poor control may vary by health literacy.

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