Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Çubuk/Ankara, Turkey.
Glob Health Promot. 2024 Mar;31(1):6-14. doi: 10.1177/17579759231187615. Epub 2023 Aug 2.
Despite vaccination and various prevention policies, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic maintains its negative effects globally. Therefore, people must be adequately informed and put this knowledge into practice in order to take the necessary precautions. This can be achieved with adequate health literacy. In this context, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between health literacy, COVID-19 knowledge and adherence to preventive measures. The sample of this descriptive cross-sectional online survey consisted of 1086 people. Data were collected using a demographics questionnaire, the European Health Literacy Scale, the COVID-19 Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire and the COVID-19 Adherence Assessment Questionnaire. Participants' health literacy index had a median score of 30.9, with 67.5% having inadequate or problematic health literacy. Gender, age, education, marital status, region of residence, employment status and economic status were associated with health literacy ( < 0.05). Participants' median knowledge and adherence scores were 40 and 54, respectively. There were significant positive correlations between health literacy index, knowledge and adherence scores ( < 0.001). This study demonstrated that health literacy, COVID-19 knowledge and adherence were associated with each other. As a result, strategies aimed at improving health literacy may be beneficial in terms of having better knowledge and demonstrating high adherence to measures, thus, eradicating the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing COVID-19-related conditions and promoting public health.
尽管接种疫苗和采取各种预防政策，冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行在全球仍产生负面影响。因此，人们必须充分了解并将这些知识付诸实践，以便采取必要的预防措施。这可以通过足够的健康素养来实现。在这种情况下，进行了这项研究，以确定健康素养、COVID-19 知识和遵守预防措施之间的关系。本描述性横断面在线调查的样本由 1086 人组成。使用人口统计学问卷、欧洲健康素养量表、COVID-19 知识评估问卷和 COVID-19 遵守评估问卷收集数据。参与者的健康素养指数中位数得分为 30.9，有 67.5%的人健康素养不足或存在问题。性别、年龄、教育程度、婚姻状况、居住地区、就业状况和经济状况与健康素养有关（<0.05）。参与者的知识和遵守得分中位数分别为 40 和 54。健康素养指数、知识和遵守得分之间存在显著正相关（<0.001）。本研究表明，健康素养、COVID-19 知识和遵守彼此相关。因此，旨在提高健康素养的策略可能在提高知识水平和表现出高度遵守措施方面有益，从而消除 COVID-19 大流行，减少 COVID-19 相关疾病，并促进公共卫生。
