Health literacy and chronic kidney disease

Costa-Requena, Gema; Moreso, Francesc; Cantarell, M. Carmen; Serón, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.nefroe.2017.04.009

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“…Improving education and health literacy among patients with kidney disease (26)(27)(28)(29) and building communication skills among nephrology providers (30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) will go some way toward improving communication between patients and providers. However, in complex and fragmented health systems, our findings suggest that improving communication will require that providers gain a stronger appreciation of the totality of patients' interactions with other providers and the health system and how these interface with patients' own struggles to make meaning of their illness.…”

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Emotional Impact of Illness and Care on Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease

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Richards

Szarka

et al. 2018

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Emotional Impact of Illness and Care on Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease

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Richards

Szarka

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“…Our findings suggest that health care providers have an opportunity to more intentionally provide health information about dementia and access to community resources, promoting rather than inhibiting health literacy (Costa-Requena et al, 2017;Granbo et al, 2019). Future research should examine the barriers to providing health information to persons living with dementia and their caregivers.…”

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Development of health literacy in persons and caregivers living with dementia: A qualitative directed content analysis

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Background Persons living with dementia and their caregivers need health information to understand and manage daily life. Previous studies focused on the associations of health literacy and cognitive impairment with less exploring if and how individuals develop health literacy during the course of the disease. Purpose This descriptive qualitative study aimed to explore the development of health literacy competencies among persons living with dementia and their caregivers. Methods Directed content analysis of six focus groups conducted in the community setting (15 persons living with dementia and 28 caregivers) was completed, using predetermined categories from the Integrated Model of Health Literacy: access, understand, appraise, and apply health information. Findings Participants described developing health literacy competencies over time, moving from a dependence on health care providers to becoming their own experts. Although health care providers were involved in the diagnosis and medication management, most participants admitted that they provided very little information on how to manage their daily life with dementia and often failed to inform them of community resources. Conclusion Participants seemed to find dementia resources on their own for both education and support, often stumbling upon them by accident. Health care providers should promote the health literacy competencies of their patients and caregivers by more intentionally providing dementia health and community resource information.

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