فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Health literacy is an individual’s need in each Society. Health literacy is aset of skills in reading, listening, analysis, decision making and the ability to apply theseskills to health situations. The purpose of this study was to assess health literacy levelin Inpatients of educational Hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2012.Materials and Methods: A navigational and analytical- applied survey of 384 Inpatients wasconducted in educational hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Health literacywas measured by the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA). Reliability ofQuestionnaire was obtained through Cronbach’s alpha and it was 0/89 and its validity wasconfirmed by experts. The data were collected in clinical inquiry and were analyzed usingSPSS (as Descriptive was Frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation and as analyticalwas Independent T-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation test and Spearman correlation test).Findings: Results showed that the average of Health literacy scores in Inpatients was 35/31in Numeracy test and 31/94 in Reading Comprehension test. The mean total score of healthliteracy was 29/63. Thus, the Most of these Inpatients were found to have inadequate healthliteracy. No significant association was found between health literacy level and gender, income,Occupation and residence. Health literacy was associated with age, marriage status andeducation. Conclusion: The results showed that most of Inpatients in of educational Hospitals ofIsfahan University of Medical Sciences were marginal and inadequate health literacy. Therefore,they need to more help and details to understand and use health information.