Evaluation of the health literacy level of female fibromyalgia patients and relationship between health literacy level and disease activity.

Dilek Eker Buyuksireci Ülkü Nesrin Demirsoy

Published in: Archives of rheumatology (2021)

Our study results suggest that healthy literacy level is lower in patients with FM compared to healthy controls. In addition, healthy literacy is associated with age, education status, and income level in this patient population.

Keyphrases

disease activity
health information
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
end stage renal disease
healthcare
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
rheumatoid arthritis patients
social media
peritoneal dialysis
quality improvement
patient reported outcomes
patient reported