Poorer current cognitive functioning in all domains is associated with low health literacy in older adults¶

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q3 i1 Higher scores on tests in all cognitive domains were associated with a lower likelihood of having low health literacy after adjustment for confounders (all ORs < 0.70, p-values < .001). → Geboers B 2018

Evidence¶

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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Logistic regression analyses among 988 participants (mean age = 65.3) of the Doetinchem Cohort Study, adjusted for age, gender, and educational level. "Higher scores on tests in all cognitive domains were associated with a lower likelihood of having low health literacy after adjustment for confounders (all ORs < 0.70, p-values<.001)." The printed odds ratios below 0.70 indicate a small-to-moderate protective association per SD of better cognitive functioning.

"Higher scores on tests in all cognitive domains were associated with a lower likelihood of having low health literacy after adjustment for confounders (all ORs < 0.70, p-values<.001)."

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