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a new study finds that about one in six dialysis patients in the United States do not understand the health information that is important for their welfare.

The researchers found that 41 of the 260 dialysis patients (16 percent) of study had low health literacy, which refers to the ability to obtain, process and understand health information in order to make appropriate health decisions.
Ciertos grupos de pacientes eran más propensos a tener una baja alfabetización en salud. Aquellos que no tenían estudios secundarios afrontaban un riesgo 12 veces más alto, mientras que los negros y los veteranos tenían un riesgo más de tres veces superior, según el Dr. Jamie Green, de la Universidad de Pittsburgh, y colegas.
El estudio aparece en la edición en línea del 5 de mayo de Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Los autores del estudio apuntaron que la alfabetización en salud es especialmente importante para los pacientes de diálisis, que deben recibir sesiones treatment several times a week, follow dietary and fluid restrictions, and dealing with complex drug regimens.
"We anticipate that our findings, increased awareness of the importance of health literacy in patients with kidney disease, encourage health professionals to consider literacy [health] when communicating with patients and future studies to address limitations in health literacy, "said Green in a press release from the American Society of Nephrology (American Society of Nephrology).

Researchers are tracking patients from dialysis to know how low health literacy affects adherence to dialysis, the need for a kidney transplant, and the risk of death.