Health literacy in patients with pulmonary embolism: development and validation of the HeLP (Health Literacy in Pulmonary Embolism)-Questionnaire

• Main Authors: Simone Fischer (Author), Anja Kalch (Author), Constanze Küchler (Author), Aliscia Rebecca Albani (Author), Helena Bilandzic (Author), Dirk Horenkamp-Sonntag (Author), Thomas M. Berghaus (Author), Christine Meisinger (Author), Inge Kirchberger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPulmonary embolism (PE) is a common cardiovascular disease and health literacy is necessary to deal with its consequences after the acute event. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new questionnaire to measure PE-specific health literacy.MethodsA mixed-methods design with q...