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Gesundheitskompetenz und Notfallverhalten
BACKGROUND: The number of patients with nonurgent health conditions using emergency departments (ED) is growing steadily. It is unclear however whether this is associated with limited health literacy of patients. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to explore the health literacy of patients with nonurgent c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7993414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33786013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10049-021-00859-z |
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author | Wehler, Markus Kalch, Anja Bilandzic, Helena Händl, Thomas |
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description | BACKGROUND: The number of patients with nonurgent health conditions using emergency departments (ED) is growing steadily. It is unclear however whether this is associated with limited health literacy of patients. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to explore the health literacy of patients with nonurgent conditions in an ED, compare it with the health literacy of the general population and identify relationships between health literacy and patients’ views on emergency care. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 448 patients with nonurgent conditions participated in a cross-sectional survey in the ED of a German university hospital. RESULTS: The study shows that health literacy of nonurgent emergency patients is significantly lower than the health literacy of the German population. Patients with lower levels of health literacy perceive higher treatment urgency, are significantly less informed about treatment options other than the ED and are more likely to visit the ED or the outpatient walk-in practice for a second opinion after having seen their general practitioner. CONCLUSION: The results indicate a need for action to improve health literacy in Germany. In particular, current structural changes in emergency care in Germany have to be considered. |
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spelling | pubmed-79934142021-03-26 Gesundheitskompetenz und Notfallverhalten Wehler, Markus Kalch, Anja Bilandzic, Helena Händl, Thomas Notf Rett Med Originalien BACKGROUND: The number of patients with nonurgent health conditions using emergency departments (ED) is growing steadily. It is unclear however whether this is associated with limited health literacy of patients. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to explore the health literacy of patients with nonurgent conditions in an ED, compare it with the health literacy of the general population and identify relationships between health literacy and patients’ views on emergency care. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 448 patients with nonurgent conditions participated in a cross-sectional survey in the ED of a German university hospital. RESULTS: The study shows that health literacy of nonurgent emergency patients is significantly lower than the health literacy of the German population. Patients with lower levels of health literacy perceive higher treatment urgency, are significantly less informed about treatment options other than the ED and are more likely to visit the ED or the outpatient walk-in practice for a second opinion after having seen their general practitioner. CONCLUSION: The results indicate a need for action to improve health literacy in Germany. In particular, current structural changes in emergency care in Germany have to be considered. Springer Medizin 2021-03-25 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC7993414/ /pubmed/33786013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10049-021-00859-z Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access Dieser Artikel wird unter der Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz veröffentlicht, welche die Nutzung, Vervielfältigung, Bearbeitung, Verbreitung und Wiedergabe in jeglichem Medium und Format erlaubt, sofern Sie den/die ursprünglichen Autor(en) und die Quelle ordnungsgemäß nennen, einen Link zur Creative Commons Lizenz beifügen und angeben, ob Änderungen vorgenommen wurden. Die in diesem Artikel enthaltenen Bilder und sonstiges Drittmaterial unterliegen ebenfalls der genannten Creative Commons Lizenz, sofern sich aus der Abbildungslegende nichts anderes ergibt. Sofern das betreffende Material nicht unter der genannten Creative Commons Lizenz steht und die betreffende Handlung nicht nach gesetzlichen Vorschriften erlaubt ist, ist für die oben aufgeführten Weiterverwendungen des Materials die Einwilligung des jeweiligen Rechteinhabers einzuholen. Weitere Details zur Lizenz entnehmen Sie bitte der Lizenzinformation auf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Originalien Wehler, Markus Kalch, Anja Bilandzic, Helena Händl, Thomas Gesundheitskompetenz und Notfallverhalten |
title | Gesundheitskompetenz und Notfallverhalten |
title_full | Gesundheitskompetenz und Notfallverhalten |
title_fullStr | Gesundheitskompetenz und Notfallverhalten |
title_full_unstemmed | Gesundheitskompetenz und Notfallverhalten |
title_short | Gesundheitskompetenz und Notfallverhalten |
title_sort | gesundheitskompetenz und notfallverhalten |
topic | Originalien |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7993414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33786013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10049-021-00859-z |
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