HEALTH LITERACY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN THE ELDERLY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.63964

Keywords:

Aged, Health Literacy, Primary Health Care, Family Health Strategy, Nursing.

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the Health Literacy degree of the elderly assisted in the Family Health
Strategy and to identify its association with age, gender, years of study, chronic diseases,
health habits and medications used.
Method: A quantitative cross-sectional study with exploratory-descriptive approach, conducted
with 350 elderly individuals. An instrument was used to evaluate the Health Literacy and
another of socio-demographic and health characterization. Data was collected from July to
December 2017. The Chi-square and ANOVA tests were used.
Results: Of the 350 elderly individuals, 206 (58.9%) obtained inadequate literacy, 58 (16.6%)
marginal and 86 (24.6%) adequate. There was an association between Health Literacy and age
and years of schooling (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Knowing Health Literacy, health professionals can perform care in order to address
the particularities of the elderly, even if the activities are performed for the collective.

Author Biography

Juliana Piveta de Lima, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Enfermeira. Mestranda em Enfermagem do Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem (PPGEnf) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG). Bolsista CAPES.

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Published

2019-11-28

How to Cite

Lima, J. P. de, Abreu, D. P. G., Bandeira, E. de O., Brum, A. N., Mello, M. C. V. A. de, Varela, V. dos S., & Martins, N. F. F. (2019). HEALTH LITERACY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN THE ELDERLY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 24. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.63964

Issue

Vol. 24 (2019)

Section

Research

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