A New Comprehensive Short-form Health Literacy Survey Tool for Patients in General

Duong, Tuyen Van; Chang, Peter; Yang, Shanmin; Chen, Ming Chu; Chao, Wei‐Ting; Chen, Tara; Chiao, Priscilla; Huang, Hui-Ling

doi:10.1016/j.anr.2017.02.001

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“…The positive association suggests that public health interventions implemented in the country are probably effective. One notes that this factor was also found positively significant in other research [7,12,13,26,31].…”

Section: Biomed Research Internationalsupporting

confidence: 57%

“…Data were collected between March and May 2018. [12,14,17,25,26]. To participate, people had to be willing to participate into this study and able to listen and understand Vietnamese.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This questionnaire contains 12 items: (1) find information on treatments of illnesses that concern you; (2) understand the leaflets that come with your medicine; (3) judge the advantages and disadvantages of different treatment options; (4) call an ambulance in an emergency; (5) find information on how to manage mental health problems like stress or depression; (6) understand why you need health screenings; (7) judge which vaccinations you may need; (8) decide how you can protect yourself from illness based on advice from family and friends; (9) find out about activities that are good for your mental well-being; (10) understand information in the media on how to get healthier; (11) judge which everyday behavior is related to your health; and (12) join a sports club or exercise class if you want to. The perceived difficulty of each health-related task was rated on 4-point Likert scales (1 very difficult, 2 difficult, 3 easy, and 4 very easy) [12]. HL-SF12 has been developed in Taiwan for assessing patients in general in 2015 [17] and six Asian countries for general public use [17].…”

Section: Biomed Research Internationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…HL-SF12 has been developed in Taiwan for assessing patients in general in 2015 [17] and six Asian countries for general public use [17]. It has not been used and validated in Vietnamese [12]. It allows calculating 4 scores: a general score and an individual score for the three dimensions of health: healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion.…”

Section: Biomed Research Internationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Determinants of Health Literacy. The determinants of HL found in the literature are the level of education, which is positively correlated with HL [5], [8][9][10][11], income [5,8,11,12], self-perceived social class belonging [8], and health-related behaviors such as involving in community activities, using the Internet, or watching television [13].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Factors Associated with Health Literacy among the Elderly People in Vietnam

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BioMed Research International

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Background. There is a lack of information regarding health literacy (HL) in elderly people in Vietnam. Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the health literacy and the associated factors in elderly people in Vietnam. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 300 elderly people aged 55 years and above. Data were obtained from study participants using face-to-face interviews using designed questionnaires on sociodemographics, behaviors, and health literacy. Multiple linear regression models were performed to identify potential determinants of health literacy. Results. HL scores were 29.70±8.20 for the general HL dimension, 32.00±9.60 for the healthcare dimension, 21.97±10.06 for the disease prevention dimension, and 35.15±9.43 for the health promotion dimension. In the final model, age was negatively associated with HL (B−coefficient=−0.09, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) (-0.17 to -0.008), P=0.030). Occupation (B=4.77, 95% CI (3.18 to 6.36), P<0.001), taking care of children (B=1.68, 95% CI (0.21 to 3.15), P=0.025), social activity (B=4.61, 95% CI (2.86 to 6.37), P<0.001), doing exercises (B=2.52, 95% CI (1.07 to 3.96), P=0.001), television watching (B=2.10, 95% CI (0.75 to 3.45), P=0.002), using the Internet (B=2.93, 95% CI (1.29 to 4.57), P=0.001), and social connection (B=3.50, 95% CI (1.23 to 5.78), P=0.003) were positively associated with HL, respectively. Conclusion. Age, occupation, and a number of behaviors were significantly associated with HL in elder people. Health education campaigns should take into account the above factors as facilitating access to the Internet and providing opportunities for social networks for the elderly.

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Section: Biomed Research Internationalsupporting

confidence: 57%

“…Data were collected between March and May 2018. [12,14,17,25,26]. To participate, people had to be willing to participate into this study and able to listen and understand Vietnamese.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%