Gudrun Rohde, Sølvi Helseth, Milada Hagen, Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen, Siv Skarstein, Kristin Haraldstad
The relationship between gender, psychosocial factors, pain, health literacy and health-related quality of life in parents of Norwegian adolescents one year into the COVID-19 pandemic
BMC public health
studies shown health literacy german population low aim article analyze current developments health literacy basis recent data health literacy survey germany 2 hlsger 2 representative quantitative survey germanspeaking resident population germany aged 18 carried december 2019 january 2020 paper assisted personal oral interview papi data health literacy socio demographic characteristics acquired internationally coordinated questionnaire instrument measuring general health literacy consisted 47 questions reflect individuals ability access understand appraise apply healthrelated information associations general health literacy sociodemographic factors analyzed using bivariate multivariate statistical tests 588 participants low health literacy characterized rating least onethird questions difficult difficult many respondents stated difficulties accessing 483 understanding 477 applying 535 information even 747 reported difficulties appraising information correlation coefficients reveal health literacy weakly associated following variables age sex social status literacy level education financial deprivation migration background presence one chronic diseases findings hlsger 2 highlight need action pro moting health literacy healthcare system explanation variance low presumably important determinants health literacy taken account studies performed investigate societal conditions supplying health information example social personal characteristics