Zilan Sertkaya|Engin Koyuncu|Güldal Funda Nakipo?lu Yüzer|Ne?e Özgirgin
Investigation of health literacy level and its effect on quality of life in patients with spinal cord injury
Sivas State Hospital|Memorial Ankara Hospital|Memorial Ankara Hospital|Memorial Ankara Hospital
abstractobjectives determine health literacy hl level patients traumatic spinal cord injury sci evaluate relationship hl quality life qolstudy design crosssectional studysetting ankara physical medicine rehabilitation education research hospital turkeyparticipants total 77 patients traumatic sci aged 1565 years trauma occurred least month ago data collection attending rehabilitation program hospital inpatients included studyoutcome measures european health literacy questionnaire turkish adaptation hlstr used evaluation hl level short form36 used evaluation qolresults hl level inadequate 325 problematiclimited 403 sufficient 195 excellent 78 patients vitality mental health subdimensions qol found statistically significantly better participants excellent sufficient problematiclimited hl compared inadequate levelconclusions according results hl level majority patients sci hospitalized hospital low relationship hl qol conclusion steps need taken increase hl levels patients improve qol taking account important effect hl qolkeywords spinal cord injuryhealth literacyquality life conflicts interest authors conflict interests declare