Alexa Kupferschmitt, Thilo Hinterberger, Ida Montanari, Matthias Gasche, Christoph Hermann, Michael Jöbges, Stefan Kelm, Gerhard Sütfels, Andreas Wagner, Thomas H Loew, Volker Köllner
Relevance of the post-COVID syndrome within rehabilitation (PoCoRe): study protocol of a multi-centre study with different specialisations
BMC psychology
study aimed develop comprehensive health literacy hl scale japanese workers chlsj investigate relationship hl healthrelated behaviors conducted crosssectional study questionnaire survey japanese workers aged 18 years older n313 hl scale previously developed slightly modified basis preexamination used developing chlsj selfreported data demographic variables socioeconomic status healthrelated behaviors present illness past illness hl collected determine factor structure hl scale exploratory factor analysis conducted internal consistency scale assessed using cronbachs coefficient alpha criterionrelated validity evaluated using pearson productmoment correlation coefficient results factor analysis 30 hl items extracted structure based three factors knowledge competencies collecting health information decisionmaking communication motivation utilizing health information high chlsj scores significantly associated food purchasing behaviors based food labeling maintaining wellbalanced diet furthermore patients present past illness likely high chlsj scores results show chlsj mostly validated reliable scale highhl group healthy eating lifestyle study suggests chlsj used measure hl educate japanese workers necessity health behavioral changes