Levels and determinants of health literacy and patient activation among multi-morbid COPD people in rural Nepal: Findings from a cross-sectional study.
Uday Narayan YadavJane E LloydHassan HosseinzadehKedar Prasad BaralNarendra BhattaMark Fort HarrisPublished in: PloS one (2020)
A high proportion of multi-morbid COPD peoples had low levels of HL and were less activated than what would be required to self-manage COPD. These were in turn associated with socioeconomic factors and poor illness perception. The findings from this study are being used to design a COPD self-management program tailored to the low health literate population.