Participants with low health literacy had poorer cognitive functioning in all domains and were more often (very) low-educated¶
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q3 i? Participants with low health literacy were older, more often had a (very) low level of education, and had poorer cognitive functioning in all domains. → Geboers B 2018
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Geboers B 2018¶
Geboers B, Uiters E, Reijneveld SA, Jansen CJM, Almansa J, Nooyens ACJ, Verschuren WMM, de Winter AF, Picavet HSJ. (2018). Health literacy among older adults is associated with their 10-years' cognitive functioning and decline - the Doetinchem Cohort Study. BMC Geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0766-7
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Chi-square tests and independent sample t-tests comparing background characteristics and current cognitive functioning by level of health literacy among 988 participants. "Participants with low health literacy were older, more often had a (very) low level of education, and had poorer cognitive functioning in all domains." No effect sizes are printed for these comparisons.
"Participants with low health literacy were older, more often had a (very) low level of education, and had poorer cognitive functioning in all domains."
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Related Claims¶
- Poorer current cognitive functioning in all domains is associated with low health literacy in older adults — related
- Poorer past cognitive functioning (measured 10 years earlier) is associated with low health literacy in older adults — related
- Stronger cognitive decline is associated with greater likelihood of low health literacy, but only memory decline remains significant after adjusting for educational level — related
- Cognitive decline occurred in all domains between the two measurement waves among participants with cognitive data at both time points — related
- Health literacy measures are strongly correlated with fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities in older adults — related
- Lower health literacy and weaker cognitive abilities are associated with poorer performance on common healthcare tasks — related
- Higher total literacy is associated with higher global cognition and all five specific cognitive abilities in older adults without dementia — related
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Participants with low health literacy had poorer cognitive functioning in all domains and were more often (very) low-educated |
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Participants with low health literacy had poorer cognitive functioning in all domains and were more often (very) low-educated |
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