Alexa Colgrove Curtis, Courtney Keeler
Interpretive Methodologies in Qualitative Nursing Research
The American journal of nursing
study conducted determine effect health literacy health promotion quality life elderly descriptive crosssectional study conducted 981 elderly individuals aged 65 years older turkey introductory information form health literacy scale elderly health empowerment scale quality life scale elderly used collect data research data analyzed structural equation modelling using spss 220 amos v 240 gpower 31 statistical package programs health literacy level increased health empowerment level 5929 r2 0035 p 005 health literacy level increased quality life level 13439 r2 0156 p 005 health empowerment level found affect quality life level 17746 r2 0243 p 005 health empowerment found mediating role effect health literacy quality life 0502 95 confidence interval lower boundupper bound 00131038 determined model created line hypotheses compatible model fit indices x2 sd 4919 root mean square error approximation 006 comparative fit index 091 fit index 095 adjusted fit index 093 incremental fit index 091 within desired limits level health literacy increases level health empowerment quality life level health empowerment increases level quality life recommended design policies help increase health literacy health empowerment levels elderly longitudinal studies quality life elderly recommended