Aidin Aryankhesal|Noureddin Niknam|Mahdi Hasani|Nezamaddin Mengel?zadeh|Nahid Aghaei|Zeinab Ghaedchukamei|Asaad Ranaei|Ehsan Allah Kalteh|Beheshteh Naghdi
Determining the relationship between health literacy level and quality of life among the elderly living in nursing homes
Iran University of Medical Sciences|Iran University of Medical Sciences|Iran University of Medical Sciences|Islamic Azad University, Larestan Branch|Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences|Iran University of Medical Sciences|Guilan University of Medical Sciences|Iran University of Medical Sciences|Golestan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
literacy level elderly predictive health behaviors average hospitalization health centers type verbal interaction health service providers level literacy changes quality life may also change study aimed determine relationship health literacy level quality life among elderly living nursing homes 20182019this study descriptiveanalytic correlation type performed 175 elderly selected nursing homes tehran research tools included abbreviated mental test control autonomy pleasure selfrealization questionnaire19 health literacy iranian adults questionnaire helia data analyzed using descriptive inferential statistics spss 22 softwarethe total score health literacy quality life elderly 5101 4775 respectively literacy studied samples inadequate much adequate 066 relationship health literacy quality life elderly significant direct statistically significant relationship p 0003 increase literacy rates scores quality life elderly people also increased correlation equal r 028 health literacy ability 3198 predict quality lifethe results showed lack enough education literacy average quality life existence significant relationship health literacy quality life elderly wide range inadequate literacy elderly reveals importance paying attention issue literacy health planning health promotion national local levels