Declines in health literacy and health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study of the Japanese general population
Abstract Background During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the importance of health literacy (HL) was addressed by public health researchers. We longitudinally examined the changes in general HL and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between immediately before the COVID-19 outb...
Main Authors: | Hirono Ishikawa, Mio Kato, Takahiro Kiuchi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-11-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12092-x |
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