Sulmaz Ghahramani|MohammadMahdi Parvizi|Lankarani Kb|Farhad Handjani|Zahra Parvizi|Sara Rousta
Health literacy in patients with epidermolysis bullosa in Iran
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences|Dermatology Research Center|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences|Dermatology Research Center|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
introduction health literacy set different skills including reading listening analyzing deciding applying skills related health status epidermolysis bullosa eb rare hereditary genetic disease affects several aspects life patients families aim study assess health literacy patients eb iranmaterials methods thirtythree patients iran eb aged 15 yearsold enrolled study iranian health literacy questionnaire measures health literacy five domains including reading access perception assessment decisionmaking skills used collecting data spss analytical software version 22 used statistical analysisresults total 19 576 patients male 14 424 female age range 1541 years nineteen 576 patients inadequate health literacy reading skills onethird patients enough health literacy realm access twothirds excellent perception overall significant correlation level health literacy age p 092 sex p 055 race p 058 educational level p 051 patientsconclusion majority patients inadequate health literacy reading skills patients acceptable health literacy perception assessment decisionmaking skills improvement health literacy patients priority health policy makers aim increasing quality life decreasing personal social problems