Gholamhossein Mehralian|Ali Reza Yusefi|Esmat Rezabeigi Davarani|Sudabeh Ahmadidarrehsima|Parnian Nikmanesh
Examining the relationship between health literacy and quality of life: evidence from older people admitted to the hospital
University of Nottingham|University of Jiroft|Kerman University of Medical Sciences|University of Jiroft|Iran University of Medical Sciences
literacy become increasingly serious problem especially relates health care regard health literacy hl cognitive skill proven influential factor improve quality life qol study aimed examine level hl relationship qol older people time discharge hospital south iranthis descriptiveanalytical crosssectional study included 300 older people admitted treated 10 teachingtherapeutic hospitals affiliated shiraz university medical sciences 2021 standard health literacy iranian adults helia questionnaire world health organization quality life questionnaire whoqolbref used collect required data data analyzed spss software version 23 software using descriptive inferential statistics pearsons correlation coefficient ttest anova multiple linear regression p 005the mean scores hl qol older people 4822 963 100 6159 1243 120 respectively moreover significant direct correlation participants hl qol r0388 p0001 dimensions hl including comprehension 0461 p0001 decisionmaking behavior 0434 p0001 access 0397 p0001 reading skill 0362 p0002 assessment 0278 p0004 significant relationship qol statistically significant difference revealed mean scores hl regarding participants gender p004 level education p0001 furthermore mean scores qol significantly different regard older peoples gender p002 marital status p003 level education p0002 income p001the findings revealed participants inadequate hl average qol considering relationship hl qol recommended develop comprehensive programs effective interventions develop hl skills subsequently improve qol among older people