The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Illness Self-Care Management in Turkish Patients With Cancer.

Objectives: To determine the relationship between health literacy and illness self-care management in individuals with cancer.

Sample & Setting: 207 individuals with cancer undergoing treatment in the chemotherapy unit of a university hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

Methods & Variables: Data were collected using a sociodemographic and illness characteristics questionnaire, the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire-Turkish Version (HLS-EU-Q-TR), and the Self-Care Management Process in Chronic Illness.