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Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes
BACKGROUND: The literacy level of the elderly is predictive of health behaviors, average hospitalization in health centers, and the type of verbal interaction with health service providers; as the level of literacy changes, the quality of life may also change. This study aimed to determine the relat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6904942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31867389 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_310_19 |
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author | Aryankhesal, Aidin Niknam, Noureddin Hasani, Mahdi Mengelizadeh, Nezamaddin Aghaei, Nahid Ghaedchukamei, Zeinab Ranaei, Asaad Kalteh, Ehsan Allah Naghdi, Beheshteh |
author_facet | Aryankhesal, Aidin Niknam, Noureddin Hasani, Mahdi Mengelizadeh, Nezamaddin Aghaei, Nahid Ghaedchukamei, Zeinab Ranaei, Asaad Kalteh, Ehsan Allah Naghdi, Beheshteh |
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description | BACKGROUND: The literacy level of the elderly is predictive of health behaviors, average hospitalization in health centers, and the type of verbal interaction with health service providers; as the level of literacy changes, the quality of life may also change. This study aimed to determine the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes in 2018–2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was of a descriptive-analytic, correlation type that was performed on 175 elderly of selected nursing homes in Tehran. The research tools included the Abbreviated Mental Test; Control, Autonomy, Pleasure and Self-realization questionnaire-19; and Health Literacy of Iranian Adults Questionnaire (HELIA). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS 22 software. RESULTS: The total score of health literacy and the quality of life of the elderly was 51.01 and 47.75, respectively. The literacy of most of the studied samples was “inadequate” and “not much adequate” (0–66). The relationship between health literacy and quality of life in the elderly was significant, and there was a direct and statistically significant relationship between them (P = 0.003). That is, by an increase in literacy rates, the scores of quality of life of elderly people were also increased. The correlation was equal to r = −0.28. Health literacy has the ability (31.98%) to predict the quality of life. CONCLUSION: The results showed a lack of enough education literacy, the average quality of life, and the existence of a significant relationship between health literacy and quality of life in the elderly. The wide range of inadequate literacy in the elderly reveals the importance of paying more attention to the issue of literacy in health planning and health promotion at the national and local levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-69049422019-12-20 Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes Aryankhesal, Aidin Niknam, Noureddin Hasani, Mahdi Mengelizadeh, Nezamaddin Aghaei, Nahid Ghaedchukamei, Zeinab Ranaei, Asaad Kalteh, Ehsan Allah Naghdi, Beheshteh J Educ Health Promot Original Article BACKGROUND: The literacy level of the elderly is predictive of health behaviors, average hospitalization in health centers, and the type of verbal interaction with health service providers; as the level of literacy changes, the quality of life may also change. This study aimed to determine the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes in 2018–2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was of a descriptive-analytic, correlation type that was performed on 175 elderly of selected nursing homes in Tehran. The research tools included the Abbreviated Mental Test; Control, Autonomy, Pleasure and Self-realization questionnaire-19; and Health Literacy of Iranian Adults Questionnaire (HELIA). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS 22 software. RESULTS: The total score of health literacy and the quality of life of the elderly was 51.01 and 47.75, respectively. The literacy of most of the studied samples was “inadequate” and “not much adequate” (0–66). The relationship between health literacy and quality of life in the elderly was significant, and there was a direct and statistically significant relationship between them (P = 0.003). That is, by an increase in literacy rates, the scores of quality of life of elderly people were also increased. The correlation was equal to r = −0.28. Health literacy has the ability (31.98%) to predict the quality of life. CONCLUSION: The results showed a lack of enough education literacy, the average quality of life, and the existence of a significant relationship between health literacy and quality of life in the elderly. The wide range of inadequate literacy in the elderly reveals the importance of paying more attention to the issue of literacy in health planning and health promotion at the national and local levels. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6904942/ /pubmed/31867389 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_310_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Education and Health Promotion http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Aryankhesal, Aidin Niknam, Noureddin Hasani, Mahdi Mengelizadeh, Nezamaddin Aghaei, Nahid Ghaedchukamei, Zeinab Ranaei, Asaad Kalteh, Ehsan Allah Naghdi, Beheshteh Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes |
title | Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes |
title_full | Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes |
title_fullStr | Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes |
title_full_unstemmed | Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes |
title_short | Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes |
title_sort | determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6904942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31867389 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_310_19 |
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