Khraim Fadi, Elshatarat Rami A, Wolsey Carolyn, Johnson Jessie, Schnurman Dina, Thornton Lisa, Alhalaiqa Fadwa, Al-Hassan Mohammed, Al-Farsi Amal
College of Nursing, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
College of Nursing, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2025 Jul 8;18:2297-2311. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S504064. eCollection 2025.
Health literacy is a critical factor in improving healthcare outcomes and patient self-care practices. Healthcare providers play a vital role in supporting patients with diverse health literacy levels.
This cross-sectional study aims to explore the factors influencing health literacy knowledge and experience among healthcare providers in Qatar.
A structured questionnaire, including sociodemographic and work-related data, was administered to a diverse sample of healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, and other allied health practitioners from a single institution in Qatar. The Health Literacy Knowledge and Experience Scale-2 was used to evaluate participants' health literacy knowledge and experience. The study employed a web-based survey and involved 121 healthcare providers. Descriptive statistics, -tests, and analysis of variance were utilized for data analysis.
The study revealed that age and profession significantly influenced health literacy knowledge among healthcare providers. Healthcare providers in the age group 20-39 years had higher health literacy knowledge scores. In contrast, nationality/race significantly affected health literacy experience, with Arabic participants reporting higher scores of health literacy experience. The study also found that healthcare providers who had taken formal courses related to health literacy demonstrated higher health literacy experience scores.
This study contributes to the understanding of factors influencing health literacy knowledge and experience among healthcare providers in Qatar. The findings emphasize the importance of addressing age, nationality/race, and formal training in health literacy to enhance the capacity of healthcare providers in supporting patients with varying health literacy levels. Healthcare policies should aim to integrate formal health literacy training among healthcare providers in order to enhance healthcare delivery and improve patient self-care practices.
健康素养是改善医疗保健结果和患者自我护理实践的关键因素。医疗保健提供者在支持不同健康素养水平的患者方面发挥着至关重要的作用。
本横断面研究旨在探讨影响卡塔尔医疗保健提供者健康素养知识和经验的因素。
向卡塔尔一家机构的包括医生、护士和其他专职医疗从业者在内的不同样本的医疗保健提供者发放了一份结构化问卷，其中包括社会人口统计学和工作相关数据。使用健康素养知识与经验量表-2来评估参与者的健康素养知识和经验。该研究采用基于网络的调查，涉及121名医疗保健提供者。数据分析采用描述性统计、t检验和方差分析。
研究表明，年龄和职业对医疗保健提供者的健康素养知识有显著影响。20至39岁年龄组的医疗保健提供者健康素养知识得分较高。相比之下，国籍/种族对健康素养经验有显著影响，阿拉伯参与者的健康素养经验得分较高。研究还发现，参加过与健康素养相关正规课程的医疗保健提供者健康素养经验得分较高。
本研究有助于了解影响卡塔尔医疗保健提供者健康素养知识和经验的因素。研究结果强调了应对年龄、国籍/种族以及健康素养方面的正规培训的重要性，以提高医疗保健提供者支持不同健康素养水平患者的能力。医疗政策应旨在将正规的健康素养培训纳入医疗保健提供者之中，以改善医疗服务并促进患者自我护理实践。
