Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, 90025-7539, USA.
Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Apr;79(1):25-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.014. Epub 2009 Aug 8.
This study investigates HIV positive adolescents' health literacy and whether factors associated with health literacy in HIV-positive adults are associated with health literacy among HIV-positive adolescents.
Adolescents in this study were behaviorally and perinatally HIV-infected youth (n=186) from five U.S. cities. Participants had a mean age of 20.5, and 49.5% were male.
Contrary to findings for adult HIV-positive patients, among adolescents health literacy was not significantly associated with: medication adherence adjusting for age and education level; viral load; or self-efficacy to adhere to medication regimens. The only significant association was of health literacy with medical care received.
Practice implications are discussed.
本研究调查了 HIV 阳性青少年的健康素养,以及与 HIV 阳性成年人健康素养相关的因素是否与 HIV 阳性青少年的健康素养相关。
本研究中的青少年是来自美国五个城市的行为和围产期感染 HIV 的年轻人(n=186)。参与者的平均年龄为 20.5 岁,49.5%为男性。
与成年 HIV 阳性患者的发现相反,在青少年中,健康素养与以下因素无显著相关性:根据年龄和教育水平调整后的药物依从性;病毒载量;或坚持药物治疗方案的自我效能。唯一与健康素养显著相关的是接受的医疗保健。
讨论了实践意义。