Association of Limited Health Literacy With Frailty, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Health Care Utilization Among Older Adults With Cancer: The Cancer and Aging Resilience Evaluation Registry
Older adults with cancer and limited health literacy had higher adjusted prevalence of frailty, impaired physical and mental HRQOL, and recent hospitalization. Interventions to address limited health literacy should be explored in this vulnerable and growing cancer population.
Authors
- Grant R. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4294-5232)
- Chen Dai
- Smith Giri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-5032)
- Mackenzie Elisha Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-3705)
- Darryl Outlaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9618-6935)
- Robert H. Hollis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6761-9890)
- Coryn Stephenson
- Srihitha Padamatinti
Institutions
- University of Missouri Health System (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO Oncology Practice
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/op.24.00184
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69