Yongbing Liu|Liu Liu|Yanfei Li|Yanli Chen
Relationship between Health Literacy, Health-Related Behaviors and Health Status: A Survey of Elderly Chinese
Yangzhou University|Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University
despite large volume research dedicated healthrelated behavior change chronic disease costs continue rise thus creating major public health burden health literacy ability seek understand utilize health information identified important factor course chronic conditions little research conducted relationship health literacy healthrelated behaviors health status elderly chinese aim study elucidate relationship health literacy healthrelated behaviors health status chinathe subjects enrolled study selected based stratified cluster random sampling design information involving 4500 older adults 44 pension institutions urumqi changji karamay shihezi xinjiang september 2011 june 2012 collected chinese citizen health literacy questionnaire china health education centre 2008 scale general status administered information obtained facetoface inquiries investigators total 1452 respondents met inclusion criteria total 1452 questionnaires issued valid response rate 9614 1396 1452 factors affecting health literacy relationship health literacy identified oneway anova multiple linear regression modelthe average health literacy level elderly nursing homes relatively low 7174 2835 points significant differences health literacy score among factors age gender race education level household income marital conditions former occupation p 0001 health literacy score significantly associated smoking drinking physical exercise health examination p 0001 elderly higher health literacy scores significantly less likely risky behaviors smoking regular drinking lack physical exercise turn significantly likely undergo health examinations regularly report good selfrated health significantly likely access sufficient health information multiple sources p 0001 differences noted health literacy score bmi p 005 multiple linear regression analysis showed independent influencing factors health literacy included education level race former occupation household income age physical exercise health examination smoking health information access p 0001health literacy significantly associated healthrelated behaviors elderly chinese longitudinal studies needed help confirm improving health literacy elderly may effective changing healthrelated behaviors reduce risky habits educational interventions improve health literacy simultaneously conducted health promotion work