Association of health literacy with cancer survival: a single-centre prospective cohort study
The results indicated health literacy having a direct, clinically significant, effect on OS, which is likely not explained by differences in cancer entity alone. Future studies should focus on assessing whether an intervention aiming to improve health literacy may improve overall cancer survival.
Authors
- Antti Jekunen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6183-0169)
- Heidi Andersén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5923-5865)
- Niclas Sandström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-115X)
- Mikael Johansson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4182-8923)
Institutions
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- Tampere University Hospital (FI)
- Umeå University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Oncologica
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2340/1651-226x.2025.42557
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63