Influences of health literacy, judgment skills, and empowerment on asthma self-management practices. Issue 7 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Londoño, Ana Maria Moreno; Schulz, Peter J.
• Is Part Of: Patient education and counseling. Volume 98:Issue 7(2015)
• Page Start: 908
• Page End: 917
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Patient education -- Periodicals; Health counseling -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Patient Education -- Periodicals; Éducation des patients -- Périodiques; Counseling -- Périodiques; Éducation sanitaire -- Périodiques; 615.5071
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0738-3991

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Cross-sectional study conducted among 236 asthma patients.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Patients' with higher empowerment perception managed better their asthma.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Patients' with higher judgment skills managed better their asthma.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Due to the unclear results of the role of critical literacy more research is needed.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>