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Health literacy among older adults in Portugal and associated sociodemographic, health and healthcare-related factors

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dc.contributor.authorCosta, Andreia
dc.contributor.authorFeteira-Santos, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorAlarcão, Violeta
dc.contributor.authorHenriques, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorMadeira, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorVirgolino, Ana
dc.contributor.authorArriaga, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorNogueira, Paulo J.
dc.contributor.institutionEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP)
dc.contributor.institutionComprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - Pólo ENSP
dc.contributor.institutionCentro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC)
dc.contributor.pblMolecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-18T22:14:10Z
dc.date.available2023-09-18T22:14:10Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.descriptionFunding Information: This study is part of the research programme of the General Foundation of University of Salamanca through the International Centre on Aging (CENIE) within the framework of the Programme for a Longevity Society (0551_PSL_6_E), a project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg VA Spain-Portugal Programme (POCTEP) 2014–2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.
dc.description.abstractAlthough the health literacy level of the general population was described recently, little is known about its specific levels among older adults in Portugal. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the levels of health literacy demonstrated by older adults in Portugal and explore associated factors. Using a randomly generated list of telephone numbers, adults aged 65 years or more living in mainland Portugal were contacted in September and October 2022. Sociodemographic, health and healthcare-related variables were collected, and the 12-item version of the European Health Literacy Survey Project 2019–2021 was used to measure health literacy. Then, binary logistic regression models were used to investigate factors associated with limited general health literacy. In total, 613 participants were surveyed. The mean level of general health literacy was (59.15 ± 13.05; n = 563), whereas health promotion (65.82 ± 13.19; n = 568) and appraising health information (65.16 ± 13.26; n = 517) were the highest scores in the health literacy domain and the dimension of health information processing, respectively. Overall, 80.6% of respondents revealed limited general health literacy, which was positively associated with living in a difficult household financial situation (4.17; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.64–10.57), perceiving one’s own health status as poorer (7.12; 95% CI: 2.02–25.09), and having a fair opinion about a recent interaction with primary healthcare services (2.75; 95% CI: 1.46–5.19). The proportion of older adults with limited general health literacy in Portugal is significant. This result should be considered to inform health planning according to the health literacy gap of older adults in Portugal.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent852483
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph20054172
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 71856213
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 64649998-8c31-49fa-9307-f1ff427e6d9f
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85149946519
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 36901182
dc.identifier.otherPubMedCentral: PMC10002045
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/157971
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85149946519
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectaging
dc.subjecthealth literacy
dc.subjecthealth promotion
dc.subjecthealthcare
dc.subjectPollution
dc.subjectPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
dc.subjectHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleHealth literacy among older adults in Portugal and associated sociodemographic, health and healthcare-related factorsen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.issue5
degois.publication.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
degois.publication.volume20
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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