Health Literacy Level of Diabetic or Hypertensive Patients in Family Health Units in Portugal

Abstract

Descriptive-exploratory cross-sectional quantitative study. Sample of convenience n = 664 users enrolled in 3 groupings of health centers in the northern region of Portugal. A survey was used with the HL European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-EU-PT, translation valid for Portugal). Descriptive and inferential statistics techniques were used using IBM SPSS Statistics, software version 25. Ethical research principles were respected.