Health literacy measures are strongly correlated with fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities in older adults¶
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q3 i3 Health literacy measures (REALM, TOFHLA, NVS) were strongly correlated with fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities (r = 0.57 to 0.77, all p < 0.001). → Wolf 2012
Evidence¶
Wolf 2012¶
Wolf, M.S., Curtis, L.M., Wilson, E.A.H., et al. (2012). Literacy, Cognitive Function, and Health: Results of the LitCog Study. J GEN INTERN MED. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2079-4
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Cross-sectional correlational analysis in the LitCog study of 882 English-speaking adults ages 55 to 74, using three health literacy assessments (REALM, TOFHLA, NVS) and a comprehensive cognitive battery. The article reports correlations "range: r = 0.57 to 0.77, all p < 0.001".
"Health literacy measures were strongly correlated with fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities (range: r = 0.57 to 0.77, all p < 0.001)."
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Related Claims¶
- Lower health literacy and weaker cognitive abilities are associated with poorer performance on common healthcare tasks — related
- The association between health literacy and health task performance is substantially reduced after adjusting for cognitive abilities — related
- Poorer past cognitive functioning (measured 10 years earlier) is associated with low health literacy in older adults — related
- Poorer current cognitive functioning in all domains is associated with low health literacy in older adults — related
- Participants with low health literacy had poorer cognitive functioning in all domains and were more often (very) low-educated — related
- Measures of everyday functioning and independent living correlate with psychometric cognition, with stronger relations for fluid reasoning than for crystallized knowledge — related
- Common health literacy measures largely detect individual differences in cognitive abilities — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
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Health literacy measures are strongly correlated with fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities in older adults |
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Health literacy measures are strongly correlated with fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities in older adults |
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