Muhammed Mustafa Beyo?lu|Dilek Avc?
Examination of the relationship between health literacy, concern and anxiety in adults with diabetes mellitus or hypertension and comparison with individuals without chronic disease
Van Yüzüncü Y?l Üniversitesi
aim low level health literacy country cause worry anxiety effect situation individuals chronic diseases compared healthy individuals study level health literacy hl individuals chronic disease diabetes mellitus dm hypertension ht applied family medicine outpatient clinic determined effect hl anxiety levels individuals without chronic diseases investigatedmethods crosssectional study included chronic diseases dm ht healthy individuals data obtained adult health literacy scale ahls anxiety anxiety scale descriptive questionnaire spss 22 statistics program used statistical analysis descriptive statistics chisquare analysis anova pearson correlation analysis used statistical evaluationresults mean scores adult health literacy scale ahls 621 individuals ht 658 individuals dm 1492 healthy subjects mean scores worry anxiety scale 4642 individuals ht 4454 individuals dm 3419 healthy individuals scores scales significantly different among individuals without chronic diseases dm ht p001 significant negative correlation found scores ahls among individuals dm ht p001 p001 r035 r045 respectivelyconclusion study showed individuals dm ht lower health literacy levels higher worry anxiety scores healthy individuals found low health literacy level associated chronic diseases inversely related worry anxiety