Raikane James Seretlo, Hanlie Smuts, Mathildah Mpata Mokgatle
Holistic Sexual-Reproductive Healthcare Services and Needs for Queer Individuals: Healthcare Providers' Perspectives
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
importance health literacy hl digital health literacy ehl promoting healthy behavior informed decision making becoming increasingly apparent study aimed assess effects hl ehl quality life qol men underwent radical prostatectomy rp localized prostate cancer prospective observational study included 104 patients underwent rp localized prostate cancer hl ehl evaluated using validated ehealth literacy scale european health literacy survey questionnaire short form rp evaluated patients physical psychological social global qol using validated eortc qlqc30 8 weeks rp exclusion criterion difficulties language comprehension employed oneway anova compare continuous variables across groups univariate analysis used manova exploring relationships among multiple continuous variables groups multivariate analysis multivariate analyses showed poorer ehl hl associated older p 0019 less education p 0001 access internet p 0001 logistic regression analysis revealed significant associations improved ehl p 0043 hl p 0023 better global health status higher emotional functioning p 0011 however symptom scales differ significantly ehl hl groups study showed positive association selfreported hlehl qol marking first report impact hlehl qol men underwent rp clinically localized prostate cancer