The mediation effect of health literacy on social support and health lifestyle of patients with chronic diseases

Objectives: It is found that there is a growing level of mortality among people with diabetic diseases. However, factors like social support and positive behavior change tend to play a substantial role in dealing with such mental worries. Methods: Based upon the given thoughts, this research examines the impact of social support and behavioral changes on health behavior in the form of diabetic health worries. For this purpose, the study will collect the sample using the survey questionnaire technique. A sample of 357 respondents has empirically been analyzed by applying advanced statistical techniques, such as testing for the reliability and validity of the latent constructs and relative items, discriminant validity, and structural equation modeling techniques. Results: The study findings confirm that the latent constructs are significantly represented by the latent items of social support, behavioral changes, and health behaviors, respectively. Moreover, the findings through structural equation modeling reveal a significant and productive impact of social support and behavioral changes in improving the health behaviors like low mental worries of and diabetes. Conclusion: The study provides some meaningful policy implications in determining how the role of social support and behavioral changes would be reflected in the form of low diabetic health worries. Besides, a few limitations have also been expressed.

Interwoven Lives: The Impact of Social Support and Behavioral Changes on Health Behaviors among the Chinese Residents

Wang

2024

Mediating Role of External Cues on the Relationship between Key Factors and Behavioural Intention to use the Telecare: A Health Behaviour Perspective

2024

Aim: Earlier studies focus primarily on the prime factors as determinants explaining the life background of patients with chronic diseases. However, a gap is yet to be filled in exploring health literacy's mediating role between mental and physical health. Therefore, the present study aims to examine the direct effect of social support and health literacy and its mediating effect on two dimensions of health. Methodology: A convenient sampling technique has helped the researchers achieve a valid sample of 318 community members in villages, towns, and cities with mental and physical health recovery. Results: The results via hypotheses testing through the Smart PLS 4 version state that (1) social support significantly improves mental health recovery but does not play such a role in physical health recovery. (2) health literacy improves significantly both mental and physical health. (3) health literacy partially mediates the association between social support and physical health. (4) conversely, it reflects a full mediating effect between social support and mental health recovery. Suggestion: To promote the recovery of both mental and physical health, society members, friends, and family relatives are suggested to strengthen the phenomenon of social support. Improving the health literacy of persons who want to improve their physical and mental health may also provide substantial results.

The Influence Mechanism of Social Support And Health Literacy on Chinese Residents' Physical and Mental Health

Ren

2024

Objectives: Earlier available studies focus primarily on the prime factors as determinants explaining the life background of patients with chronic diseases. However, a gap is yet to be filled in exploring the mediating role of health literacy not only between mental health but also for physical health. Methods: Therefore, the present study aims to examine the direct effect of social support and health literacy and its mediating effect on two dimensions of health. A convenient sampling technique has helped the researchers to achieve a valid sample of 318 community members in villages, towns, and cities with both mental and physical health recovery. Results: The results via hypotheses testing through the Smart PLS 4 version state the following: (1) social support has its significantly improves mental health recovery but does not play such a role in physical health recovery. (2) health literacy improves significantly both mental and physical health. (3) health literacy demonstrates partial mediation on the association between social support and physical health. (4) conversely, it reflects a full mediating effect between social support and mental health recovery. Conclusion: To promote the recovery of both mental and physical health, society members, friends, and family relatives are suggested to strengthen the phenomenon of social support. An improvement in the health literacy of persons who want to improve their physical and mental health may also provide substantial results.