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In total, the sample comprised 444 patients. The Brazilian version of the 14-Item Health Literacy Scale, previously translated, cross-culturally adapted, and validated for Brazilian Portuguese, was used to assess health literacy and to perform the psychometric analysis.  RESULTS: Good internal consistency was demonstrated, with Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients of 0.83 (95%CI 0.78\u20130.88) and 0.75 (95%CI 0.68\u20130.83), respectively. The 14-Item Health Literacy Scale presented acceptable fit indices for the Comparative Fit Index, Tucker-Lewis Index, and Normed Fit Index, with values of 0.938, 0.923, and 0.904, respectively. Divergent validity was verified by the lack of statistically significant correlations and by weak correlations (r&lt;0.300) with the Social Support Scale.  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