Functional Health Literacy andAssociated Factors amongEgyptian Hospitalized Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Over the past few decades, studies of Functional Health Literacy (FHL) have increased dramatically. However, information about the health literacy of Egyptian patients remains scarce. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the FHL and associated factors among Egyptian Hospitalized Patients. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted over a period of six months in a selected university teaching hospital in Cairo, Egypt. A convenient sample of 280 adult patients was participated. Three measurements were utilized in this study together with the demographic data questionnaire: (i) The Short version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA), (ii) Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM-R) and (iii) The CHEW scale. Results: the mean age of the participants was 40.48±SD 16.81 years. Most of them were males (63.6%), married (59.3%), and educated (67.7%). The mean score of the health literacy using S-TOFHLA was 18.84±11.21 and the median was 19; 57.1% of the participants had inadequate or marginal health literacy level. The REALM indicates that the participants reading ability was adequate (Median 11); 15.4% of participants had low reading ability score. Using the CHEW scale, 23.9% % had no or low confidence filling out medical forms by themselves, 41.1% does not or little have someone to read materials and 32.2% had problems learning their medical condition. The multiple regression test indicated that age (t=3.76, p=0.000), education (t=2.69, p=0.008) and presence of comorbidity (t=2.03, p=0.04) predict patients' REALM-R score, while the STOFHLA is only predicted by education (t=2.24, p=0.03). Conclusion and recommendation: The level of health literacy among the study participants was low. Healthcare providers should assess the patients' health literacy in order to tailor their communications and related health teaching materials.
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Naglaa F. A. Youssef, Hanan A. Al Sebaee
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