BACKGROUND High rates of low health literacy among elderly populations along with a high prevalence of chronic conditions may lead to increased levels of depression symptomatology. We sought to determine whether older adults with inadequate health literacy were more likely to report depressive symptoms and whether health literacy was an independent predictor of depression symptomatology. METH...

Sirs, Researchers have previously reported that individuals with low health literacy are more likely to have poor health, are less likely to understand their health problems and treatment management, and are at higher risk of hospitalization. One recent editorial article further highlights the confusion around the problem of health literacy that extends beyond health professionals’ understandin...

ISSUES ADDRESSED Previous research has revealed low levels of mental health service utilisation and widespread discrimination towards people with mental illness in Sydney's Macedonian community. As an extension to a multifaceted community intervention to improve mental health literacy and reduce stigma, a Macedonian-language play was produced. METHODS Qualitative data from earlier studies and...

Background & Aim: As the most important assets of each organization, employees face numerous challenges, which can have adverse effects on the quality of their work life and productivity, physical and mental health, well-being, and different dimensions of their health-related quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between health literacy and health-related quality of lif...

conclusions it was concluded that ihlq might be a practical and useful tool for investigating hl for persian language speakers around the world. since hl is dynamic and its instruments should be regularly revised, further studies are recommended to assess hl with application of ihlq to detect its potential imperfections. results internal consistency and test-retest reliability (icc) of the fact...