Assessing health literacy in transplant patients to better tailor the content of their therapeutic education: an observational study.

Objectives: Evaluate health literacy in transplant patients to better tailor the content of their continuing therapeutic education.

Methods: A 20-item questionnaire divided into five themes (sport/recreation, dietary measures, hygiene measures, recognition of the signs of graft rejection and medication management) was sent to transplant patient associations. Participants' responses (a score out of 20 points), were analysed according to demographic characteristics, transplanted organ (kidney, liver or heart), type of donor (living or deceased), participation in a therapeutic patient education (TPE) programme, management of end-stage renal disease (with or without dialysis) and the date of transplant.