Health literacy among adults in Yazd, Iran
نویسندگان
1 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd,
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3 Department of Health Education, School of Health
4 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health
5 Department of Clinical Research of Ali Eben Abitaleb Hospital, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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چکیده
The purpose of this survey was to assess the health literacy levels and determine the relationshipbetween health literacy with demographic variables and the socioeconomic status Threehundred and eighty adults, 18 years and older, were randomly selected and assessed by theTest of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) instrument in two sections of readingcomprehension and numeracy. The second instrument used to detect the relationship betweenthe demographic variables and socio‑economic status and the level of health literacy of thesubjects of adults in Yazd district. Three hundred and eighty adults, 18 years and older, wererandomly selected and assessed by the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA)instrument in two sections of reading comprehension and numeracy. The second instrumentused to detect the relationship between the demographic variables and socio‑economicstatus and the level of health literacy of the subjects. The mean score of a participant’s healthliteracy was 73.33 ± 1.29. Fifty‑four percent of the individuals had adequate health literacy andthe rest of them had limited health literacy. The mean score of functional health literacy wassignificantly different by socio‑economic status (p0.05) and the years of schooling (P = 0.00).On the basis of linear regression, in this research, the years of schooling (B0.28, p0.01) andmarital status (B = 3.08, p0.05) were two predictors of health literacy.
