The Relationship of Health Literacy and Adherence to Self-care Behaviors in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome

نویسندگان
Zahedi, Reza ID 1
Baghaei, Mojgan ID 2
Yeganehfarzand, Mohammad Reza ID 3
Kazemnezhad Leili, Ehsan ID 4

1 Nursing (MSN), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.

2 Instructor, Department of Nursing (Medical-Surgical), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.

3 Instructor, Department of Nursing (Medical-Surgical), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.

4 Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center (SDHRC), Bio-Statistics, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.

doi
10.32598/JHNM.29.4.218
چکیده

Introduction: The rising prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its serious side-effects have drawn the attention of researchers to the importance of adherence to self-care behavior and recognizing its related factors such as patients’ health literacy. Objective: This study aimed at determining the relationship of health literacy with adherence to self-care ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Health literacy, Patients, Self-care, Metabolic syndrome