Eiko Goto|Hirono Ishikawa|Tsuyoshi Okuhara|Takahiro Kiuchi
Relationship of health literacy with utilization of health-care services in a general Japanese population
The University of Tokyo|Teikyo University|The University of Tokyo|The University of Tokyo
many studies explored association health literacy healthcare utilization however majority assessed functional health literacy terms basic skills japans healthcare medical examination system workplaces different major countries study examined relationship health literacy healthcare use emergency visit hospitalization dental checkup health checkup cancer screening focused differences occupation healthcare service utilization among general japanese using communicative critical health literacy scale conducted crosssectional observational study 1002 japanese residents questionnaire investigated socioeconomic status health status healthcare use health literacy among participants nonworkers logistic regression analyses revealed health literacy significantly associated health checkup cancer screening adjusting sex age marital status education disease disorder adjusted odds ratio 1431 95 confidence interval ci 11311810 adjusted 1614 95 ci 11142339 respectively among workers observed significant association health literacy healthcare utilization results indicate health literacy closely related use preventive healthcare japans healthcare system workplaces may promote use preventive healthcare services regardless health literacy whereas improving health literacy may critical among nonworkers