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ReviewRespiratory research2022

Health literacy in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care: a narrative review and future directions.

Iraj Poureslami, J Mark FitzGerald, Noah Tregobov, Roger S Goldstein, M Diane Lougheed, Samir Gupta

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Review in Respiratory research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Iraj PoureslamiDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Centre for Lung Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 716-828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada. iraj.poureslami@ubc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2878-7776
J Mark FitzGeraldDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Centre for Lung Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 716-828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Noah TregobovDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Centre for Lung Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 716-828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Roger S GoldsteinDepartment of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
M Diane LougheedAsthma Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Samir GuptaUnity Health, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Funding

Canadian Institues of Health Research 20R24515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory self-care places considerable demands on patients with chronic airways disease (AD), as they must obtain, understand and apply information required to follow their complex treatment plans. If clinical and lifestyle information overwhelms patients' HL capacities, it reduces their ability to self-manage. This review outlines important societal, individual, and healthcare system factors that influence disease management and outcomes among patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-the two most common ADs. For this review, we undertook a comprehensive literature search, conducted reference list searches from prior HL-related publications, and added insights from international researchers and scientists with an interest in HL. We identified methodological limitations in currently available HL measurement tools in respiratory care. We also summarized the issues contributing to low HL and system-level cultural incompetency that continue to be under-recognized in AD management and contribute to suboptimal patient outcomes. Given that impaired HL is not commonly recognized as an important factor in AD care, we propose a three-level patient-centered model (strategies) designed to integrate HL considerations, with the goal of enabling health systems to enhance service delivery to meet the needs of all AD patients.

Indexed as

AsthmaHealth LiteracyPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveDelivery of Health CareDisease ManagementHumansChronic airway diseaseCultural competenceHealth literacyNarrative reviewPatient-centered care

Identifiers

PMID36529734
PMCPMC9760543

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