The Rising Challenge of Poor Health Literacy of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Preliminary Data Identify Important Unmet Needs in an Italian Cohort.
Khadija El AoufyMaria Ramona MelisPaolo IovinoStefano BambiChiara LoriniGuglielmo BonaccorsiIlaria GalettiCarla GarbagnatiPaola CanzianiSilvia TonoloMarco MitolaSerena GuiducciDaniel E FurstMarco Matucci-CerinicLaura RaseroSilvia Bellando-RandonePublished in: Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) (2024)
Our findings show that SSc patients have inadequate or problematic levels of HL, suggesting the need for periodic screenings to uncover poor health literacy skills and to provide tailored and understandable educational material. This study was not registered.