Maria Michou|Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos|Christos Lionis|Vassiliki Costarelli
Low health literacy and perceived stress in adults: is there a link?
Harokopio University of Athens|Harokopio University of Athens|University of Crete|Harokopio University of Athens
objectives mental stress low health literacy hl nutrition literacy nl associated serious negative health outcomesthe aim study investigate hl nl levels relation levels perceived stress adultsmethods crosssectional study conducted urban area attica region greecethe sample consisted 1281 individuals aged 18 yearsthe european health literacy questionnaire 47 greek version nutrition literacy scale perceived stress scale 14 usedsociodemographic characteristics also assessednonparametric mannwhitney u kruskalwallis tests pearson chisquare multiple linear regression models usedresults samples perceived stress mean value sd 2647 727 women scoring statistically significantly higher menthe mean hl nl scores 3228 828 2211 567 respectivelylinear regression analysis shown perceived stress significantly negatively associated hl p 0001 nl levels p 0675 adjusting series confounding variablesconclusions low health literacy seems significantly associated high levels perceived stressthe reasons behind association require investigation