Association between health literacy and multimorbidity: a nationwide, cross-sectional study of a Japanese population.

Shiori TomitaTakuya AokiSachiko OhdeOsamu TakahashiTakeshi KimuraMasato Matsushima

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

After adjusting for confounding variables, FHL, not CCHL, was significantly related to the presence of multimorbidity. Further longitudinal studies are required to examine the causal relationship between health literacy and multimorbidity.

Keyphrases

health information
cross sectional
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drug induced