Ming-Ju Wu|Cheng?Hsu Chen|Shang?Feng Tsai
Effects of patient support group on health literacy: a study using the Multidimensional Health Literacy Questionnaire
Taichung Veterans General Hospital|National Chung Hsing University|Taichung Veterans General Hospital|National Chung Hsing University|Tunghai University|Taichung Veterans General Hospital|National Chung Hsing University|Tunghai University|National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University|National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
health literacy important patient care patient support group psg also crucial patient education little known effect psg health literacy studied scores health literacy intervention psg also collected patient characteristics like age gender firsttime participation source participants major diseases identified factors associated improved health literacy total 43 participants including patients family studied 100 response rate questionnaires psg intervention highest score subscale 2 understanding 1210 153 followed subclass 4 application 1074 234 subclass 1 accessing 1072 232 lowest score subclass 3 appraisal 977 239 statistical analyses final results difference comparisons subclass 2 5 4 1 3 improved score psg noticed subclass 3 appraisal psg intervention 977 239 vs 1074 255 p 015 health literacy scores improvements noticed evaluate whether health information used solve medical problems 251 068 vs 274 678 p 048 evaluate reliability medical information network 228 083 vs 264 078 p 006 table 3 scores belonged subclass 3 appraisal found factor associated improved health literacy first study regarding effect psg health literacy 5 dimensions health literacy ability appraising medical information lacking current era suitable design psg psg may improve health literacy improved literacy including dimension appraisal