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Papers: 16 Feb 2019 - 22 Feb 2019


Human Studies


2019 Jun


Musculoskeletal Care


17


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An investigation of healthcare utilization and its association with levels of health literacy in individuals with chronic pain.

Authors

Mackey LM, Blake C, Squiers L, Casey M-B, Power C, Victory R, Hearty C, Fullen BM
Musculoskeletal Care. 2019 Jun; 17(2):174-182.
PMID: 30762926.

Abstract

Chronic pain patients are frequent and recurrent users of health services, which may have an impact on levels of health literacy (HL). Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate associations between healthcare utilization and varying levels of HL in individuals with and without chronic pain.