Health literacy and warfarin therapy at two anticoagulation clinics in Brazil

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Authors

Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Josiane Moreira da Costa · Hospital Risoleta Tolentino Neves

Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini · Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro · Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Emelia J. Benjamin · Framingham Heart Study

Luísa Campos Caldeira Brant · Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Abstract

Inadequate health literacy was highly prevalent in this impoverished Brazilian cohort receiving anticoagulation with warfarin. However, we did not identify an association between health literacy and TTR. Future investigations may consider the systemic factors that contribute towards successful anticoagulation outcomes for vulnerable patient cohorts with inadequate health literacy.

Topics & Keywords

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Social Media in Health Education Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Heart

Volume 103, Issue 14, pp. 1089-1095

DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310699

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