Mana Doi?Kanno|Yuka Kanoya|Emílio Hideyuki Moriguchi
The effects of a leaflet-based health guide on health literacy, self-efficacy, and satisfaction among older Japanese-Brazilian adults living in Brazil: A quasi-experimental study
Yokohama City University|Yokohama City University|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
abstract background study assessed effects japanese leafletbased health guide older japanesebrazilian adults living brazil health literacy selfefficacy satisfaction health guide participants subjective health status methods study followed onegroup pretestposttest design set japanesebrazilian community south brazil 21 participants japanesebrazilian individuals aged 65 years living brazil able converse japanese annual health checkup 2016 provided 20 min health guidance japanese using leaflet included information lifestylerelated diseases recommended salt sugar intake levels graphical charts participants health literacy hl primary outcome selfefficacy satisfaction leafletbased health guide participants subjective health status secondary outcomes assessed effect completion health checkups 2016 2017 data analyzed using repeated measures anova bonferroni multiple comparison test required results statistical significant differences hl functional hl p value 022 communicative hl p value 017 critical hl p value 040 total hl score p value 012 selfefficacy p value 028 across three assessment points detected statistical significant difference satisfaction health guide postintervention 2016 2017 baseline score 867204 postintervention score 2016 925122 postintervention score 2017 762219 p value repeated anova lt 001 p 2 028 p value multiple comparison 2016 2017 001 95 ci 4092851 however bonferroni multiple comparison test show pairwise difference multiple comparisons participants satisfaction subjective health status scores baseline 696242 postintervention 2016 785211 postintervention 2017 580311 p value repeated anova 002 p 2 021 p values multiple comparisonsgt 005 scores outcomes except selfefficacy increased baseline postintervention 2016 declined postintervention 2017 conclusions leafletbased intervention appeared shortterm effects findings suggest direct intervention older adults native language may improve satisfaction living nonnative countries trial registration uminctr unique registration id umin000032443 retrospectively registered may 1 2018 httpsuploaduminacjpcgiopenbinctrectrviewcgirecptnor000036999