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Health literacy and use of healthcare services among community-dwelling older adults living with chronic conditions

Dufour Isabelle, Lacasse Anaïs, Chouinard Maud-Christine, Chiu Yohann et Lafontaine Sarah. (2019). Health literacy and use of healthcare services among community-dwelling older adults living with chronic conditions. Clinical Nursing Studies, 7, (2), p. 79-86.

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URL officielle: http://dx.doi.org/doi.org/10.5430/cns.v7n2p79

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Objective: Only 12% of the Canadian older adults have adequate health literacy (HL) to understand and handle health information sufficiently. A descriptive correlation study was conducted to describe HL and to examine its relationship with healthcare services use among community-dwelling older adults living with chronic conditions in a distant region of Quebec, Canada.

Methods: Data was collected through self-report instruments including the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ), which assesses HL on nine dimensions.

Results: Based on health characteristics of the nine HLQ dimensions, the results showed significant differences between subgroups of participants as well as a negative association between the HLQ dimension Appraisal of Health Information and the number of consultations with healthcare professionals (incidence rate ratio: 0.66; p = .027).

Conclusions: The results highlight the need to improve older adults HL, in order to improve their health status and use of healthcare services.

Type de document:Article publié dans une revue avec comité d'évaluation
Volume:7
Numéro:2
Pages:p. 79-86
Version évaluée par les pairs:Oui
Date:2019
Sujets:Sciences de la santé
Sciences de la santé > Sciences infirmières
Département, module, service et unité de recherche:Départements et modules > Département des sciences de la santé > Module des sciences infirmières
Mots-clés:health literacy, aged, community dwelling, Healthcare services, Health Literacy Questionnaire, chronic diseases, littéracie en santé, personnes âgées, logement communautaire, services de santé, Questionnaire sur la littératie en santé, maladies chroniques
Déposé le:24 avr. 2019 00:37
Dernière modification:10 févr. 2023 18:53
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