Factors Influencing the Adoption of Smart Health Technologies for People With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers: Scoping Review and Design Framework.

Background: Smart Health technologies (s-Health technologies) are being developed to support people with dementia (PwD) and their informal caregivers at home, to improve care and reduce the levels of burden and stress they experience. However, although s-Health technologies have the potential to facilitate this, the factors influencing a successful implementation in this population are still unknown.

Objective: The aim of this study was to review existing literature to explore the factors influencing PwD and their informal caregivers' adoption of s-Health technologies for home care.

The impact of health literacy on health outcomes in individuals with chronic pain: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To establish if health literacy (HL) is linked to poorer outcomes and behaviours in patients with chronic pain.

Design: A prospective cross-sectional observational study.

Setting: Multidisciplinary out-patient pain clinics in three university teaching hospitals.

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

Objective: 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.

Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire was distributed in three pain clinics in Dublin, Ireland, comprising a demographic section, a validated HL assessment tool (Newest Vital Sign) and self-reported healthcare utilization in the previous year (i.

Self-Management Skills in Chronic Disease Management: What Role Does Health Literacy Have?

Background: Self-management-based interventions can lead to improved health outcomes in people with chronic diseases, and multiple patient characteristics are associated with the development of self-management behaviors. Low health literacy (HL) has been implicated in poorer self-management behaviors and increased costs to health services. However, the mechanisms behind this relationship remain unclear.