Ozkaraman Ayse, Uzgor Fusun, Dugum Ozlem, Peker Serife
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Health Sciences.
Private Unit Hospital, TURKEY.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2019 Jul;69(7):995-999.
To assess the effect of health literacy on cancer patients' self-efficacy and quality of life.
The cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted from June 15 to November 15, 2017, at the Private Unit Hospital in Eskisehir, Turkey, and comprised cancer patients aged 18 years or above who were treated in the Medical Oncology clinics and who had received less than four points on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance scale. Data were collected using the European Health Literacy Survey, the Self-Efficacy to Manage Chronic Disease Scale and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life - C 30 scale .
Of the 111 patients, 83(74.8%) were females. The overall mean age was 55.62±12.75 years. With a mean score of 36.09±6.42, the sample had 'sufficient health literacy'. There was a positive and significant relationship between the European Health Literacy Survey score and the general health subscale score (p=0.036), and a negative and significant relationship with the symptom subscale score (p<0.01). A statistically significant positive relationship was found between the Self-Efficacy to Manage Chronic Disease Scale and the functional (p<0.001) and general health (p<0.001) subscales while a statistically significant negative relationship (p<0.001) was found between the Self-Efficacy to Manage Chronic Disease Scale and the symptom subscale.
Increased literacy levels were found in cancer patients and it helped in improving in their self-efficacy, general health and functional status.
评估健康素养对癌症患者自我效能感和生活质量的影响。
这项横断面描述性研究于2017年6月15日至11月15日在土耳其埃斯基谢希尔的私立单位医院进行，纳入了年龄在18岁及以上、在医学肿瘤诊所接受治疗且东部肿瘤协作组体能状态量表得分低于4分的癌症患者。使用欧洲健康素养调查问卷、慢性病管理自我效能量表和欧洲癌症研究与治疗组织生活质量量表-C30收集数据。
111例患者中，83例（74.8%）为女性。总体平均年龄为55.62±12.75岁。样本的欧洲健康素养调查问卷平均得分为36.09±6.42，表明具有“足够的健康素养”。欧洲健康素养调查问卷得分与总体健康子量表得分之间存在正相关且具有统计学意义（p=0.036），与症状子量表得分之间存在负相关且具有统计学意义（p<0.01）。慢性病管理自我效能量表与功能（p<0.001）和总体健康（p<0.001）子量表之间存在统计学意义的正相关，而慢性病管理自我效能量表与症状子量表之间存在统计学意义的负相关（p<0.001）。
癌症患者的健康素养水平有所提高，这有助于改善他们的自我效能感、总体健康和功能状态。
