The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study
Health literacy (HL) is recognised as an important, modifiable factor in the self-management and health performance of elderly people. The aim of this preliminary study was to identify and analyse the level of health literacy among the elderly living in one of the eastern regions in Poland. The cros...
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| author | Bogumiła Kosicka Alina Deluga Jadwiga Bąk Justyna Chałdaś-Majdańska Monika Bieniak Michał Machul Agnieszka Chrzan-Rodak Krzysztof Jurek Beata Dobrowolska |
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| description | Health literacy (HL) is recognised as an important, modifiable factor in the self-management and health performance of elderly people. The aim of this preliminary study was to identify and analyse the level of health literacy among the elderly living in one of the eastern regions in Poland. The cross-sectional study was conducted among a convenience sample of 200 seniors aged 65+ after cognitive pre-screening with the use of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scale. To collect data, the Polish version of the HLS-EU-Q47 was used. More than half of the elderly surveyed presented problematic levels of general HL (GEN-HL), and also problematic levels of other dimensions: health care health literacy (HC-HL), disease prevention health literacy (DP-HL), and health promotion health literacy (HP-HL). The level of seniors’ HL is dependent on the level of their education, place of living, participation in activities run by Daily Center for the Elderly, and their self-assessment of health condition (<i>p</i> < 0.05). These results imply the important message that there is a need to create initiatives and programs improving health literacy targeted at seniors living in rural areas, those with lower levels of education, and those with poor access to activities organised by institutions supporting seniors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b784ca57146e44db864073f3281a6c992023-11-20T10:25:31ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322020-08-018327710.3390/healthcare8030277The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary StudyBogumiła Kosicka0Alina Deluga1Jadwiga Bąk2Justyna Chałdaś-Majdańska3Monika Bieniak4Michał Machul5Agnieszka Chrzan-Rodak6Krzysztof Jurek7Beata Dobrowolska8Department of Management in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Paediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Development in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Development in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Development in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, PolandFaculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology, John Paul II Catholic University, 20-950 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Development in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, PolandHealth literacy (HL) is recognised as an important, modifiable factor in the self-management and health performance of elderly people. The aim of this preliminary study was to identify and analyse the level of health literacy among the elderly living in one of the eastern regions in Poland. The cross-sectional study was conducted among a convenience sample of 200 seniors aged 65+ after cognitive pre-screening with the use of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scale. To collect data, the Polish version of the HLS-EU-Q47 was used. More than half of the elderly surveyed presented problematic levels of general HL (GEN-HL), and also problematic levels of other dimensions: health care health literacy (HC-HL), disease prevention health literacy (DP-HL), and health promotion health literacy (HP-HL). The level of seniors’ HL is dependent on the level of their education, place of living, participation in activities run by Daily Center for the Elderly, and their self-assessment of health condition (<i>p</i> < 0.05). These results imply the important message that there is a need to create initiatives and programs improving health literacy targeted at seniors living in rural areas, those with lower levels of education, and those with poor access to activities organised by institutions supporting seniors.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/277elderlyhealth literacyHLS-EU 47 tooleastern Poland |
| spellingShingle | Bogumiła Kosicka Alina Deluga Jadwiga Bąk Justyna Chałdaś-Majdańska Monika Bieniak Michał Machul Agnieszka Chrzan-Rodak Krzysztof Jurek Beata Dobrowolska The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study Healthcare elderly health literacy HLS-EU 47 tool eastern Poland |
| title | The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study |
| title_full | The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study |
| title_fullStr | The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study |
| title_short | The Level of Health Literacy of Seniors Living in Eastern Region of Poland. Preliminary Study |
| title_sort | level of health literacy of seniors living in eastern region of poland preliminary study |
| topic | elderly health literacy HLS-EU 47 tool eastern Poland |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/277 |
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