The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study

Kosicka, Bogumiła; Deluga, Alina; Bąk, Jadwiga; Chałdaś-Majdańska, Justyna; Bieniak, Monika; Machul, Michał; Chrzan-Rodak, Agnieszka; Jurek, Krzysztof; Dobrowolska, Beata

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“…and similar result was found in study from Bale, Ethiopia (20). The possible explanation for this might be, having better access to education increases one's capacity for reading, analyzing, and judging information as well as their ease of access to health knowledge and skills (35). It is also possible that educated patients can learn more about their illness from a variety of sources, including the internet, books, magazines, and more.…”

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Diabetic Health Literacy and Associated Factors among Diabetic Patients Attending Outpatient Department at Public Hospitals in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2022

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Asefa,

Demeke

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Background Diabetic health literacy plays an important role in determining diabetic outcomes. Despite the numerous health education programs, the outcome of the diabetic management remains a challenge globally & studies on diabetic health literacy are still lacking in Ethiopia. Therefore, the present study was aimed to assess the magnitude of diabetic health literacy and related factors among patients with diabetes attends outpatient department at public hospitals in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2022 Methods Institution based cross-sectional study design was conducted from May24-June24, 2022 at four randomly selected hospitals among 623 total study participants. The data was collected by face to face interview and reviewing the patient chart. The participants were selected by systematic random sampling. Data was entered in to Epi data version 4.6 and was exported to Stata version 14.1 for analyses. Ordinal logistic regression was conducted and a significant level was used at a p value of < 0.05. Result The present study included a total of 611 participants, with 98.1% response rate. Of all participants, 300(49.1%) had low, 174(28.5%) moderate &137(22.4%) had high diabetic health literacy level. The following factors; age; <40 years old (AOR = 3.48; 95%CI = 2.11, 5.77) & age 40–60 years (AOR = 2.79;95% CI = 1.75,4.46), Educational status (AOR = 0.29; 95% CI = 0.16,0.56) for who can’t read & write, (AOR = 0.41; 95% CI = 0.23,0.74) read & write & (AOR = 0.45;95% CI = 0.27,0.76) for primary school. exposure to diabetic education (AOR = 1.84; 95% CI = 1.31,2.58) having ≥ 2 sources of information (AOR = 2.28;95% CI = 1.57,3.32) moderate social support (AOR = 1.94;95%CI = 1.32,2.87), strong social support (AOR = 2.73;95% CI = 1.75,4.26),& Residence; lives in urban (AOR = 1.65; 95% CI = 1.14,2.39) were significant. Conclusion Compared to previous research carried out in Ethiopia, the overall diabetic health literacy level was low. Factors associated with diabetic Health Literacy were age, educational status, sources of information, attending diabetic education, social support and residence. Understanding of these factors might be the way for assisting patients and targeting specific intervention to develop patient’s diabetic health literacy.

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Diabetic Health Literacy and Associated Factors among Diabetic Patients Attending Outpatient Department at Public Hospitals in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2022

Nigussie,

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Demeke

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“…In Poland, the level of health literacy among the general population including older adults has been studied so far only by a few authors using the HLS-EU-Q47 survey questionnaire [15][16][17], or HLS-EU-Q16 [18]. The research conducted concerned the assessment of the general level of health literacy.…”

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Functional, communicative and critical health literacy among older Polish citizens

Mirczak¹

2022

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Background:The level of health literacy possessed by an individual (functional, communicative, critical) determines their ability to effectively self-manage a chronic disease. The aim of the study was to assess the level and functional, communicative, and critical determinants of health literacy in the group of chronically ill older adults. Material and Methods: The study was conducted on a representative sample of chronically ill people (N = 400) aged ≥65 years, living in Poland. Three levels of health literacy were measured on the basis of the Functional, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy scale (FCCHL), employed in Polish social research for the first time. Results: The conducted research showed that the average health literacy score of the surveyed older adults, measured on the basis of the FCCHL scale, was 2.81±0.71 (M±SD), whereas for the functional subscale of health literacy it was 3.06±0.58 (M±SD), for communicative health literacy it was 2.82±0.86 (M±SD), and for critical health literacy -2.71±0.92 (M±SD). In terms of functional health literacy, the surveyed seniors most frequently reported problems with reading health-related information, resulting from the use of inadequate font size in information leaflets and brochures. Questions included in the subscale representing communicative health literacy revealed that the majority of the respondents understood the provided information about diseases, nevertheless they were reluctant to share thoughts about their health with other people. Within the framework of critical health literacy, one-third of the respondents did not search for any additional information, trusting that the information obtained was accurate and reliable. Conclusions: The surveyed elderly people rated worse their level of communicative and critical health literacy compared to the functional level. As a consequence of the low level of communicative and critical health literacy of the surveyed older adults, a certain deficit in their self-managing a disease entity is forecast. Med Pr. 2022;73(3):191-9

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“…Em um estudo realizado na Polônia, com 200 idosos com mais de 65 anos (média da idade de 72,41 anos, ± 6,90), amostra predominantemente feminina (65,2%), não foram encontradas diferenças estatísticas entre homens e mulheres em relação à literacia em saúde, além disso seu nível foi insuficiente (62% apresentaram literacia em saúde inadequada ou problemática) (Kosicka et al, 2020). Do mesmo modo, uma pesquisa com 995 participantes com idade média de 71,8 anos (± 13,9), com amostra majoritariamente feminina (52,6%), cujo nível de escolaridade foi de 45,5% para o ensino fundamental e 31,1% para nenhuma educação formal, somente 8,5% dos participantes possuíam alfabetização adequada em saúde (Ma et al, 2021).…”

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“…Assim, se não houver suporte para desenvolvimento das competências e habilidades e se o acesso for difícil, as tecnologias podem ser ineficazes, principalmente para os indivíduos idosos que não conseguem acessar ou interpretar de maneira eficiente as informações sobre saúde (Mackert et al, 2016). Uma adequada LS está associada ao aumento da utilização de cuidados preventivos entre adultos mais velhos, menor barreira para o rastreamento completo do câncer, além de influenciar de forma direta e positiva o envelhecimento ativo, promovendo saúde física e mental e melhor capacidade de cuidar de si próprio (Ma et al, 2021;Kosicka et al, 2020). Em concordância ao que foi exposto, os resultados deste estudo demonstram que o aceso à internet em idosos está relacionado com níveis maiores de literacia em saúde e literacia em saúde digital para a mesma população.…”

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Características associadas à Literacia em saúde e Literacia Digital em saúde em idosos de uma cidade do interior do Paraná

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O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar e correlacionar a literacia em saúde e a literacia em saúde digital em idosos. Tratando-se de um estudo descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa de delineamento transversal, cuja amostra foi de 379 idosos, através da coleta de dados do questionário sociodemográfico, o Questionário de Literacia em Saúde e o e-Health. Para o tratamento dos dados utilizou-se a estatística descritiva (média e DP), o teste t de Student, ANOVA e teste Post Hoc de Tukey. A amostra foi composta por 53,82% de mulheres. No tocante aos aspectos socioeconômicos, mais da metade dos indivíduos tinham ensino fundamental, e casados, em se tratando da renda, a maioria recebia até 2 salários mínimos. O celular foi o meio mais utilizado pelos usuários da internet. Em suma, ambas as literacias estão associadas à renda,ao acesso à internet e a conclusão do ensino fundamental, sem diferenças significativas entre os gêneros.

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The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study

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Diabetic Health Literacy and Associated Factors among Diabetic Patients Attending Outpatient Department at Public Hospitals in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2022

Diabetic Health Literacy and Associated Factors among Diabetic Patients Attending Outpatient Department at Public Hospitals in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2022

Functional, communicative and critical health literacy among older Polish citizens

Características associadas à Literacia em saúde e Literacia Digital em saúde em idosos de uma cidade do interior do Paraná

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