School of Nursing, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
School of Nursing, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Mar 20;12:1288906. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1288906. eCollection 2024.
This study aimed to examine the relationship between health literacy and health-related quality of life in older adults.
A cross-sectional survey design was used. We used a self-administered questionnaire to assess sociodemographic factors of older adults, the Chinese Citizen Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQC) and the 36-item Chinese version of the Short Form 36 (SF-36) to measure health literacy and quality of life, respectively, among older adults. Between September 2011 and June 2012, information was collected from 1,396 older adults in 44 nursing homes in four cities through face-to-face interviews.
The mean health literacy level of older adults in nursing homes was relatively low (71.74 ± 28.35). Health-related quality of life scores were moderate (104.77 ± 16.92). There were statistically significant differences in the effects of health literacy, education level, former occupation (professional), marital status (widowed) and race on health-related quality of life.
Improving health literacy is considered an important intervention to promote health-related quality of life in older adults in nursing homes.
本研究旨在探讨老年人健康素养与健康相关生活质量之间的关系。
采用横断面调查设计。我们使用自填式问卷评估老年人的社会人口统计学因素,使用中国公民健康素养问卷(HLQC)和 36 项简体中文版健康调查简表(SF-36)分别衡量老年人的健康素养和生活质量。2011 年 9 月至 2012 年 6 月,通过面对面访谈,从四个城市的 44 家养老院收集了 1396 名老年人的信息。
养老院老年人的健康素养水平普遍较低(71.74±28.35)。健康相关生活质量评分中等(104.77±16.92)。健康素养、教育程度、职业(专业)、婚姻状况(丧偶)和种族对健康相关生活质量的影响存在统计学差异。
提高健康素养被认为是促进养老院老年人健康相关生活质量的重要干预措施。