Noguchi Masahiro, Miyachi Ryo, Nishimura Takaaki, Goda Akio, Takeda Hiromichi, Takeshima Eisuke, Kanazawa Yuji
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, JPN.
Cureus. 2025 Jun 11;17(6):e85802. doi: 10.7759/cureus.85802. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Autonomic nervous activity and acceleration plethysmography (APG) are effective biomarkers for assessing health status. However, the relationship between health literacy and these factors is unclear.
This study investigated the relationship between health literacy, autonomic nervous activity, and APG.
This cross-sectional analysis included 222 Japanese adults. Health literacy was assessed using the Japanese version of the HLS-EU-Q16. Autonomic nervous activity and APG were measured using a pulse analyzer.
Women were significantly older than men (p<0.01) and had higher health literacy (p<0.01). Therefore, health literacy was compared by gender. The high-health-literacy group tended to have a higher age and quality of life, and their APG was significantly higher. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that high health literacy was associated with age, quality of life, and parasympathetic nerve activity. Discussion: Improving health literacy in community-dwelling individuals suggests the need for intervention from a younger age. Although the odds ratio was low for both health literacy and autonomic nervous system activity, a correlation was suspected. Further verification is necessary when selecting subjects in the future.
自主神经活动和加速容积描记法（APG）是评估健康状况的有效生物标志物。然而，健康素养与这些因素之间的关系尚不清楚。
本研究调查健康素养、自主神经活动和APG之间的关系。
本横断面分析纳入了222名日本成年人。使用日语版的HLS-EU-Q16评估健康素养。使用脉搏分析仪测量自主神经活动和APG。
女性的年龄显著大于男性（p<0.01），且健康素养更高（p<0.01）。因此，按性别对健康素养进行了比较。高健康素养组的年龄和生活质量往往更高，且其APG显著更高。多因素logistic回归分析表明，高健康素养与年龄、生活质量和副交感神经活动相关。讨论：提高社区居民的健康素养表明需要从年轻时就进行干预。尽管健康素养和自主神经系统活动的比值比都较低，但怀疑存在相关性。未来在选择研究对象时需要进一步验证。
