Health literacy and adherence to treatment of patients with heart failure.
Monica Isabelle Lopes OscalicesMeiry Fernanda Pinto OkunoMaria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira LopesRuth Ester Assayag BatistaCássia Regina Vancini CampanharoPublished in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P (2019)
The low level of literacy was directly related to lower adherence and the presence of barriers to medication adherence, as well as higher rehospitalization rates and death.