Relation between health literacy, self-care and adherence to treatment with oral anticoagulants in adults: a narrative systematic review

• Main Authors: Ana Cristina Cabellos-García (Author), Antonio Martínez-Sabater (Author), Enrique Castro-Sánchez (Author), Mari Kangasniemi (Author), Raul Juárez-Vela (Author), Vicente Gea-Caballero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Oral anticoagulants (OAC) are widely used in patients with cardiovascular diseases. However, for optimal OAC self-care patients must have skills, among which health literacy (HL) is highlighted. We aimed to describe the relation between HL and self-care in cardiovascular patients...