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mina qobadi department of psychology, faculty of psychology and education, university of tehran, tehran, ir iran
mohammad ali besharat department of psychology, faculty of psychology and education, university of tehran, tehran, ir iran; department of psychology, university of tehran, p. o. box 14155-6456, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2161117488
reza rostami department of psychology, faculty of psychology and education, university of tehran, tehran, ir iran
abbas rahiminezhad department of psychology, faculty of psychology and education, university of tehran, tehran, ir iran
conclusions those with inadequate health literacy had lower kidney knowledge and lower adherence compared to those with adequate health literacy. after controlling for education, health literacy was significantly associated with kidney knowledge and adherence. patients with higher health literacy had higher kidney knowledge and adherence behaviors. in addition, knowledge was a mediator of healt...