Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Population Health Research Section, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 6;10:841102. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.841102. eCollection 2022.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and represents a significant burden among women worldwide. The concept of health literacy is relatively new to the Gulf states, particularly to Saudi Arabia. Research on this topic is scarce, and no study has empirically explored the influence of e-health literacy on breast cancer literacy. The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of e-health literacy on breast cancer literacy among Saudi women in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional survey was conducted online in a cohort of 336 women and disseminated via social media using the e-Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS) and Breast Cancer Literacy Assessment Tool (Breast-CLAT). Multiple regression analysis was executed to identify the sociodemographic factors that influence the e-health literacy and breast cancer literacy of participants. The participants showed high level of e-health literacy with total eHEALS score of 28.79, and better breast cancer literacy with total Breast-CLAT score of 23.44. This study yielded three significant findings: (1) e-health literacy is influenced by age and education which implies that youngest participants showed higher eHEALS scores than their older counterparts and that having increased education level reflected increased eHEALS scores, (2) breast cancer literacy is predicted by education and income which suggests that those who have higher levels of education and higher monthly incomes have increased levels of breast cancer literacy, and (3) breast cancer literacy and e-health literacy were associated which shows that participants with higher eHEALS scores were more likely have increased level of breast cancer literacy. The study revealed that the participants had high level of e-health literacy which correlated to their increased level of breast cancer literacy. The study findings implied that it is important for Saudi women to possess high levels of e-health literacy about breast cancer as more breast cancer educational resources are online nowadays.
乳腺癌是女性中最常见的癌症,也是全球女性的重大负担。健康素养的概念对于海湾国家来说相对较新,特别是对沙特阿拉伯来说。关于这个主题的研究很少,没有研究从实证角度探讨电子健康素养对乳腺癌素养的影响。本研究旨在衡量电子健康素养对沙特阿拉伯利雅得市沙特女性乳腺癌素养的影响。通过社交媒体在线进行了一项横断面调查,使用电子健康素养量表(eHEALS)和乳腺癌素养评估工具(Breast-CLAT)对 336 名女性进行了调查。执行多元回归分析以确定影响参与者电子健康素养和乳腺癌素养的社会人口统计学因素。参与者表现出较高的电子健康素养,总 eHEALS 得分为 28.79,总 Breast-CLAT 得分为 23.44,乳腺癌素养较好。本研究得出了三个重要发现:(1)电子健康素养受年龄和教育的影响,这意味着最年轻的参与者的 eHEALS 得分高于年长的参与者,而教育水平的提高反映了 eHEALS 得分的提高,(2)乳腺癌素养由教育和收入决定,这表明教育程度较高和月收入较高的人乳腺癌素养较高,(3)乳腺癌素养和电子健康素养相关,这表明 eHEALS 得分较高的参与者更有可能具有较高水平的乳腺癌素养。该研究表明,参与者具有较高的电子健康素养,这与他们较高的乳腺癌素养水平相关。研究结果表明,沙特女性拥有较高的乳腺癌电子健康素养很重要,因为现在越来越多的乳腺癌教育资源都在网上。