The relationship between health literacy and quality of life of elderlies with chronic diseases living in Fasa, Iran 2019

(2021) The relationship between health literacy and quality of life of elderlies with chronic diseases living in Fasa, Iran 2019. Archivos Venezolanos de Farmacologia y Terapeutica. pp. 753-759. ISSN 07980264 (ISSN)

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Abstract

Introduction & Background.Health literacy is defined as cognitive and social skills determining motivation and ability of individuals to obtain, understand, and use healthcare information to improve and keep appropriate health. Low health literacy causes undesired health outcomes, harmful health behaviors, dissatisfaction of patients, and a higher death rate. The extant study was conducted to examine the relationship between health literacy and quality of life of elderlies with chronic diseases who live in Fasa, Iran during 2019. Methods. This cross-sectional study was done on 150 elderly with chronic diseases living in Fasa, 2019. Demographic information, quality of life, and health literacy questionnaires were employed to collect data. The gathered data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, chi-square, one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and correlation coefficient through SPSS software. Results. Mean value and standard deviation of subjects’ ages equaled 67.68±6.92 in this research. The mean value and standard deviation of disease duration in this group equaled 12.47±9.71. More than half of the studied subjects (50.7) had inadequate health literacy. There was a significant relationship between age, sex, education level, job, and health literacy. There was a significant association between the total score of quality of life and health literacy level. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between age, education, job, disease duration, and quality of life (P<0.05). Conclusion. Findings indicated the effect of health literacy score on the quality of life of elderlies with chronic diseases. Hence, it is recommended that healthcare system managers make appropriate plans to improve the health literacy level of society. © 2021, Venezuelan Society of Pharmacology and Clinical and Therapeutic Pharmacology. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Chronic Disease Elderlies Health Literacy Quality of Life aged anxiety Article attitude to health awareness backache cardiovascular disease chronic respiratory tract disease cross-sectional study data analysis data quality demography depression diabetes mellitus disease duration environmental health female gastrointestinal disease health care system heart infarction human hyperlipidemia hypertension Iran major clinical study male malignant neoplasm mental health mortality rate osteoporosis physical activity prevalence questionnaire sample size scoring system social competence social status social support structured questionnaire
Page Range: pp. 753-759
Journal or Publication Title: Archivos Venezolanos de Farmacologia y Terapeutica
Journal Index: Scopus
Volume: 40
Number: 8
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5787191
ISSN: 07980264 (ISSN)
Depositing User: Zahra Otroj
URI: http://eprints.mui.ac.ir/id/eprint/18029

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