ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2018
Impact of Health Literacy on Frailty among Community-Dwelling Seniors.
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- Educational programmes for frail older people, their families, carers and healthcare professionals : A systematic review.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2022Pooled it
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- Association Between Access to Health Information and Frailty in Older Japanese Adults: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Online journal of public health informatics · 2026Article
- Medication Use by Older Adults with Frailty: A Scoping Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mediating Role of Health Literacy in Relationship Between Frailty and Medical Costs in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mediating role of health literacy in the relationship between social isolation and psychological distress among pre-frail older adults.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Resilience and frailty among gynecological patients in oncological treatment: the chain mediating role of stigma and health literacy.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- What contributes to older Korean American immigrants becoming frail? A qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Regional differences in frailty among older adults with type 2 diabetes: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Japan.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Relationship between health literacy and physical function of patients participating in phase I cardiac rehabilitation: a multicenter clinical study.Heart and vessels · 2023Article
- The Association Between Family Health and Frailty With the Mediation Role of Health Literacy and Health Behavior Among Older Adults in China: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Frailty and medication adherence among older adult patients with hypertension: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Cluster analysis of functional independence in community-dwelling older people.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Health Literacy and Exercise to Treat Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A National Survey Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effect of Ward-dedicated Physical Therapy Staffing on Outcomes among General Medical Patients in an Acute Hospital: A Difference-in-difference Analysis.Physical therapy research · 2022Article
- Impact of Health Literacy on the Progression of Frailty after 4 Years among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Health Literacy and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Evidence from a Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Pathways among Frailty, Health Literacy, Acculturation, and Social Support of Middle-Aged and Older Korean Immigrants in the USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Low Health Literacy Is Associated With Frailty and Reduced Likelihood of Liver Transplant Listing: A Prospective Cohort Study.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2020Article
- The Relationship Between Health Literacy, Social Support, Depression, and Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Older Patients With Hypertension and Diabetes in China.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Health literacy has been reported to have effects on health behavior change and health-related outcomes, but few studies have explored the association between health literacy and frailty. The aim of our study is to investigate the relationships between health literacy and frailty among community-dwelling seniors. This cross-sectional study enrolled 603 community-dwelling older adults (307 women) in residential areas, with a mean age of 70.9 ± 5.82 years. Health literacy was assessed using the Mandarin version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire. Physical frailty was defined by Fried frailty phenotype. Logistic regression was carried out to determine potential risk factors of frailty. In the multivariate logistic regression model, physical activity (Odds Ratio [OR] 1.47, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 1.06⁻2.03) and health literacy (sufficient vs. excellent: OR 2.51, 95% CI 1.32⁻4.77) were associated with prefrailty and frailty. In subgroup analysis, pre-frailty and frailty were also negatively associated with health literacy in individuals with 'insufficiently active' (inadequate vs. excellent: OR 5.44, 95% CI 1.6⁻18.45) and 'sufficiently/highly active' physical activity levels (sufficient vs. excellent: OR 2.41, 95% CI 1.07⁻5.42). Therefore, in these community-dwelling elderly adults, health literacy was associated with pre-frailty and frailty regardless of age, gender, socio-economic status, and education level.
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