Determinants of health literacy and its impact on illness perception in patients with multiple sclerosis: evidence from patient-reported outcomes
Emine Rabia Koc, Naci Murat, Hakan Demirci, Furkan Saridas, Sanja Gluscevic, Sema Nur Minaz, Omer Faruk Turan, Tjalf Ziemssen · 2025
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Emine Rabia Koc and co-authors examine health literacy in multiple sclerosis patients, in this 2025 Europe PMC paper. Understanding health information shapes how well people manage a chronic brain disease, from sticking to medication to perceiving their illness. Just over three hundred clinic patients completed tests of literacy, cognition, mood and illness perception.
About half showed adequate health literacy. Literacy rose with thinking-test scores and education, and fell with longer disease duration, older age and depression. The study links literacy to how patients perceive their illness and handle medication. Supporting literacy, the authors suggest, is part of good multiple sclerosis care, not an optional extra.
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| CREATOR | Emine Rabia Koc, Naci Murat, Hakan Demirci, Furkan Saridas, Sanja Gluscevic, Sema Nur Minaz, Omer Faruk Turan, Tjalf Ziemssen |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |