To determine the prevalence of inadequate health literacy in elderly patients suffering from heart failure in Taiwan: to examine the impact of health literacy on self-care and quality of life; and to identify sociodemographic factors associated with health literacy. Ninety-eight individuals were ...
2 Patients are encouraged to take on more responsibility for their health, but one of three senior citizens do not have the health literacy skills to do so. The elderly are a particularly vulnerable population because they are more likely to have chronic...
The results were as followed, in elderly patients; 92 were males and 108 were females. The mean elderly age was 69.4 ± 8.8. The mean age of caregivers was 42.1 ± 12.9 years. The prevalence of inadequate health literacy among elderly caregivers was 75.0%. There were significant associations...
It showed that health literacy was associated with elderly diabetic people’s self-efficacy to control their blood sugar levels. A previous study showed that health literacy was positively associated with self-efficacy and could be used as an important predictor of self-efficacy in patients with ...
One component of health literacy includes understanding how to communicate, listen and speak. Mrs. K and her elderly husband moved to the United States from Afghanistan to reunite with their extended family a decade before I cared for her. Neither Mrs. K nor her husband spoke English ...
Numerous studies suggest that health literacy improves health outcomes at older ages. But how, and to what extent, health literacy contributes to improving
Health Literacy and Health Outcomes of Adults in the United States: Implications for Providers mammography screening and influenza vaccine; poorer ability to demonstrate taking medications properly; poorer ability to interpret drug labels and health messages; and, among elderly persons, poorer overall heal...
Key Results Only 9.7 % of elderly individuals with low health literacy used the Internet to obtain health information, compared with 31.9 % of those with adequate health literacy. This gradient persisted after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, health status, and general cognitive ...
the average correctness rate of the question on healthy life style and behaviors was 58.88%;and the average correctness rate of the questions on healthy skills was 54.67%.Conclusion The health literacy of elderly community residents in Jinniu district is at a low level,so that the health pr...