Abstract
Objective: To analyze, through integrative review, the impact of health literacy on improvements in the population's quality of life. Methods: Integrative literature review from the Virtual Health Library database, from 2017 to 2019. The following Descriptors in Health Science (DHS) and their combinations in Portuguese and English were used: "quality of life", literacy and health. From these DHS, 125 articles were found. However, based on the eligibility criteria, the sample included 20 publications. Results: Health literacy is critical to patients' knowledge and understanding of their general health status, including users with health knowledge and early outcomes on their quality of life in health. Conclusion: Health literacy is a Qualidade de vida, Alfabetização, Saúde.necessary basis for providing information that can improve health promotion and education, and is critical to the progress of the population's quality of life levels.