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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2026

Dementia Care Partner Health Literacy as a Mediator Between Education and Burden at Hospital Discharge.

Ashley Kuzmik, Marleny Rodriguez, Jessica Wellington, Ahmed-Rufai Yahaya, Marie Boltz

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ashley KuzmikRoss and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2921-6767
Marleny RodriguezDepartment of Psychology and Counseling, Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA, USA.
Jessica WellingtonRoss and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Ahmed-Rufai YahayaRoss and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Marie BoltzRoss and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1133-2249

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Reducing Disability via a Family-centered Intervention for Acutely-ill Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related DementiasR01AG054425 · NIA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI BOLTZ, MARIE · 2017 to 2021
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Abstract

Care partners of hospitalized persons with dementia often experience significant burden at discharge. This study examined whether dementia care partner health literacy mediates the relationship between education and burden at hospital discharge. Data from 277 care partners in the Family-centered Function-focused Care (Fam-FFC) trial were analyzed using mediation analysis to assess indirect effects of education on burden (Short-Form Zarit Burden Interview [ZBI-12]) through health literacy (Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Short Form [REALM-SF]). Analyses were conducted using SPSS and AMOS. For medium education (B = -0.012; 95% CI = -0.019, -0.003), the indirect effect accounted for 18.5% of the total effect, while for high education (B = -0.018; 95% CI = -0.026, -0.006), it accounted for 21.4%, indicating partial mediation. Findings underscore the role of health literacy in reducing care partner burden and highlight the need to address education and literacy disparities to provide effective support at hospital discharge.

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CaregiversCost of IllnessDementiaHealth LiteracyPatient DischargeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overEducational StatusFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Agedcare partner burdeneducation levelhealth literacyhospital discharge

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PMCPMC12353107

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