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Navigating Health Literacy and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nursing Undergraduates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the health literacy (HL) and health practices (HP) among nursing undergraduates at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. MATERIAL/METHODS: A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted in 2023 to assess how nursing students perceive HL and HP. HL i...

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Autores principales: Qadhi, Omaimah A., Albothi, Gada Khalid, Fallatah, Reem, Anazi, Maryam, Al-Rawi, Mahmood Basil A., Syed, Wajid
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Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10541790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37751420
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.941632
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author Qadhi, Omaimah A.
Albothi, Gada Khalid
Fallatah, Reem
Anazi, Maryam
Al-Rawi, Mahmood Basil A.
Syed, Wajid
author_facet Qadhi, Omaimah A.
Albothi, Gada Khalid
Fallatah, Reem
Anazi, Maryam
Al-Rawi, Mahmood Basil A.
Syed, Wajid
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description BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the health literacy (HL) and health practices (HP) among nursing undergraduates at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. MATERIAL/METHODS: A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted in 2023 to assess how nursing students perceive HL and HP. HL is the ability of individuals to acquire, interpret, assess, and act on information to promote and maintain good health, while HP involves the application of knowledge and skills. HL was assessed using a total of 16 items, subdivided into 4 domains (understanding, evaluating, accessing, and utilizing health information) while HP was assessed using 11 items on a 5-point Likert scale. RESULTS: In this study, 53.9% of the students were found to have poor HP, while 40.9% (n=166) reported moderate HP, and 5.2% (n=21) reported good HP. With regards to HL, 38.9% (n=158) of students were found to have good HL while 52.2% (n=212) reported moderate HL, and 8.9% (n=36) reported poor HL. The findings indicated that there was a relationship between age and HP, indicating that age is a major predictor of HP (P=0.001). Other comparisons, including year of study, income source, marital status, and the prevalence of chronic conditions, were discovered to have a significant relationship (P=0.001) with HP levels. CONCLUSIONS: According to these findings, most students reported poor HP, while one-third claimed good HL. Therefore, there is a need to address the factors related to poor HP while also recommending methods to support good HP among students.
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spelling pubmed-105417902023-10-02 Navigating Health Literacy and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nursing Undergraduates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Qadhi, Omaimah A. Albothi, Gada Khalid Fallatah, Reem Anazi, Maryam Al-Rawi, Mahmood Basil A. Syed, Wajid Med Sci Monit Clinical Research BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the health literacy (HL) and health practices (HP) among nursing undergraduates at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. MATERIAL/METHODS: A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted in 2023 to assess how nursing students perceive HL and HP. HL is the ability of individuals to acquire, interpret, assess, and act on information to promote and maintain good health, while HP involves the application of knowledge and skills. HL was assessed using a total of 16 items, subdivided into 4 domains (understanding, evaluating, accessing, and utilizing health information) while HP was assessed using 11 items on a 5-point Likert scale. RESULTS: In this study, 53.9% of the students were found to have poor HP, while 40.9% (n=166) reported moderate HP, and 5.2% (n=21) reported good HP. With regards to HL, 38.9% (n=158) of students were found to have good HL while 52.2% (n=212) reported moderate HL, and 8.9% (n=36) reported poor HL. The findings indicated that there was a relationship between age and HP, indicating that age is a major predictor of HP (P=0.001). Other comparisons, including year of study, income source, marital status, and the prevalence of chronic conditions, were discovered to have a significant relationship (P=0.001) with HP levels. CONCLUSIONS: According to these findings, most students reported poor HP, while one-third claimed good HL. Therefore, there is a need to address the factors related to poor HP while also recommending methods to support good HP among students. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2023-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10541790/ /pubmed/37751420 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.941632 Text en © Med Sci Monit, 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) )
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Qadhi, Omaimah A.
Albothi, Gada Khalid
Fallatah, Reem
Anazi, Maryam
Al-Rawi, Mahmood Basil A.
Syed, Wajid
Navigating Health Literacy and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nursing Undergraduates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title Navigating Health Literacy and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nursing Undergraduates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_full Navigating Health Literacy and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nursing Undergraduates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Navigating Health Literacy and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nursing Undergraduates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Navigating Health Literacy and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nursing Undergraduates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_short Navigating Health Literacy and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nursing Undergraduates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_sort navigating health literacy and practices: a cross-sectional study on nursing undergraduates in riyadh, saudi arabia
topic Clinical Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10541790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37751420
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.941632
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