Functional health literacy and adherence to the medication in older adults: integrative review - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

REVISÃO

Functional health literacy and adherence to the medication in older adults: integrative review

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to characterize the national and international scientific production on the relationship of Functional Health Literacy and the adherence to the medication in older adults.

Method:

integrative review of literature, searching the following online databases: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO); Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS); Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE); and Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), in June 2016. We selected 7 articles that obeyed the inclusion criteria.

Results:

all articles are from the USA. The inappropriate Functional Health Literacy affects the non-adherence to medication; however, there are several strategies and interventions that can be practiced to change this relationship.

Conclusion:

nursing needs to explorefurther this theme, since it can exert a differentiated care for adherence to medication in older adults, considering the literacy.

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