Marie Hamilton Larsen|Y.A.S. Strumse|Christine Råheim Borge|Richard H. Osborne|Marit Helen Andersen|Astrid K. Wahl
Health literacy: a new piece of the puzzle in psoriasis care? A cross?sectional study
Oslo University Hospital|Deakin University|Oslo University Hospital
health literacy hl ability seek understand utilize health information important good health suboptimal hl associated poorer health outcomes chronic conditions although previously studied patients psoriasis investigate hl strengths weaknesses cohort patients moderatetosevere psoriasis another aim examine possible associations patients quality life demographic clinical selfmanagement characteristics dimensions hl crosssectional study conducted data collected cohort patients psoriasis received climate helio therapy 2011 2016 n 825 hl assessed health literacy questionnaire hlq association hl domains demographic clinical selfmanagement variables analysed using bivariate correlation fourstep linear multiple regression model scores hlq dimensions indicated lower health literacy populations linear regression models showed significant association hl quality life selfmanagement variables higher hl predicting higher quality life selfefficacy psoriasis knowledge sex educational attainment age disease severity less influence health literacy improving hl may useful strategy reducing disparities selfmanagement skills patients psoriasis interventions aim reduce disease severity increase psoriasis knowledge selfefficacy quality life may positively increase hl