Table 1 Summary of the 23 publications included in the review
From: The relationship between health literacy and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author | Design | Survey time | Location | Study population | QOL instrument | HL instrument | Quality score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chunhua L, et al. 2013 [17] | Cross-sectional | April–June, 2012 | Guangzhou,China | 2109 college students (age: 15–28 years, 55.2% female) | EQ-5D | Self-developed scales: Three aspects of HL, Five types of HL | 9 |
Nan W, et al. 2012 [18] | Cross-sectional | – | Jiaozuo, China | 600 community elders (age: over 45 years, 57.5% female) | SF-36 | Questionnaire on the health literacy of Chinese citizens | 6 |
Liu L, et al. 2016 [19] | Cross-sectional | January–September, 2015 | Urumqi,China | 556 coronary heart disease patients (age: 45–83 years, 31.1% female) | EQ-5D | Self-developed questionnaire containing Four dimensions of HL: knowledge, attitude, behaviors, skills. | 9 |
Yan Z, et al. 2012 [43] | Cross-sectional | – | Jilin, China | 192 empty nest elders(over 65 years, 57.8% female) | SF-36 | Self-developed questionnaire measuring health literacy of elderly | 6 |
Qiyuan L, et al. 2011 [42] | Cross-sectional | May–November, 2010. | Yanji, China | 331 Hypertensive elderly (over 60 years, 63.4% female) | Self-developed questionnaire containing Global QOL, Psychological general well-being, Symptom bother | Self-developed questionnaire measuring health literacy about hypertension | 9 |
Wenning D, et al. 2015 [41] | Cross-sectional | November–December, 2014. | Kunming, China | 500 college students (age: 17–24 years, 56.7% female) | Self-developed questionnaire measuring QOL of college students | Self-developed questionnaire measuring health literacy of college students | 8 |
Couture EM, et al. 2017 [34] | Cross-sectional | – | Quebec, Canada | 247 chronic Participants (age: 18–85 years, 55.5% female) | SF-12v2 | NVS | 7 |
Halverson JL, et al. 2015 [35] | Cross-sectional | 2006s-sect | Wisconsin, America | 1841 Wisconsin residents, newly diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colorectal cancer(age: over 18 years, 50.8% female) | FACT-G | Self-developed questionnaire containing four questions validated in STOFHLA and REALM | 8 |
Naimi AJ, et al. 2017 [11] | Cross-sectional | – | Tehran, Iran | 400 hypertensive patients (age: 18–89 years, 45.0% female) | SF-36 | HELIA | 6 |
Song S, et al. 2017 [38] | Cross-sectional | October ectionale patie | South Korea | 305 non-institutionalized adults (age: 20–60 years, 50.5% female) | SF-36 | REALM | 6 |
Wang C, et al. 2015 [31] | Cross-sectional | – | Northwestern China | 913 poor rural women (age: 23–57) | EQ-5D | R-CAHLQ | 6 |
Wang C, et al. 2017 [13] | Cross-sectional | 2001s-sec | Six towns,China | 882 hypertensive patients (age: over 35 years, 56.1% female) | SF-36 | Self-developed questionnaire validated three-item BHLS | 7 |
Rocha PC, et al. 2017 [37] | Cross-sectional | – | Belo Horizonte,Brazil | 384 adolescents (age: 15 and 19 years, 70.3% female). | PedsQL | Self-developed questionnaire, composed of closed questions | 5 |
Macabasco OA, et al. 2011 [30] | Cross-sectional | 2007–2009 | America | 605 patients with symptomatic heart failure (age: over 18 years, 48.0% female) | HFSS | TOFHLA | 7 |
Johnston MV, et al. 2005 [36] | Cross-sectional | – | new jersey,America | 107 patients with spinal cord injury (age: over 18 years, 17.8% female) | SF-12,SWLS | TOFHLA | 6 |
Ownby RL, et al. 2014 [12] | Cross-sectional | – | Central and South America as well as Mexico and the US | 475 English- and Spanish-speaking community-dwelling volunteers(age: 18–81 years, 60% female) | SF-36,EQ-5D | TOFHLA, REALM | 5 |
Zhang XH, et al. 2009 [40] | Cross-sectional | – | a tertiary referral center,Singapore | 199 patients with rheumatic diseases (over 18 years, 70.5% female) | SF-36,EQ-5D, and SF-6D. | REALM | 6 |
Wallace LS, et al. 2008 [39] | Cross-sectional | September, 2004 | Tennesseans,America | 249 patients (age: over 18 years, 65.1% female) | Self-developed: fouritems developed and validated by CDC | REALM | 8 |
Son YJ, et al. 2016 [32] | Longitudinal cohort | June 2012–July 2013 | Cheonan,Korean | 238 PCI patients (33.2% female) | Self-developed: a validating 10-item questionnaire | Self-developed containing the three-item set of brief screening questions | 9 |
Mancuso CA, et al. 2006 [33] | Longitudinal cohort | 1995–1999 | New York,America | 175 asthma patients (mean age: 40 years, 83% female) | AQLQ | TOFHLA | 9 |
Al SF, et al. 2016 [29] | Longitudinal cohort | December 2011–December 2013 | Alberta,Canada | 1948 Patients with type 2 diabetes (age: over 18 years, 45.0% female) | EQ-5D,SF-36 | BHLS | 7 |
Montbleau KE, et al. 2017 [10] | Cohort | – | an urban, safety-net hospital,America | 40 patients with Atrial fibrillation (age: over 60 years, 45.0% female) | SF-36 | STOFHLA | 6 |
Husson O, et al. 2015 [20] | Longitudinal | 2000–2009 | southern part of the Netherlands | 1626 Colorectal cancer survivors (age: over 18 years, 42.9% female) | EORTC QLQ-C30 | SBSQ | 9 |