From Health Literacy to Self-Care: Contributions of the Specialist Nurse in Rehabilitation Nursing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic and Clinical Characterisation of the Participants
3.2. Health Literacy
3.3. Relationship of Health Literacy with Sociodemographic Variables
3.4. Relationship of Health Literacy with Clinical Variables
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Gender n (%) | |
---|---|
Female | 11 (6.8) |
Male | 150 (93.2) |
Age (years) n (%) | |
<20 years old | 3 (1.9) |
20–30 years old | 32 (19.9) |
30–40 years old | 34 (21.1) |
40–50 years old | 33 (20.5) |
50–60 years old | 38 (23.6) |
>60 years old | 21 (13.0) |
Marital status n (%) | |
Single | 55 (34.2) |
Married/non-marital partnership | 94 (58.4) |
Divorced | 9 (5.6) |
Widower | 3 (1.8) |
Education n (%) | |
Basic education | 61 (37.9) |
Secondary education | 67 (41.6) |
Higher Education (university/polytechnique/other) | 33 (20.5) |
Body mass index mean; median; std. dev. | 26.1; 25.6; 3.6 |
Current disease diagnosis n (%) | |
Yes | 48 (29.8) |
No | 113 (70.2) |
Diseases n (%) | |
Hypertension | 26 (54.2) |
Dyslipidaemia | 12 (25.0) |
Diabetes mellitus | 4 (8.3) |
Depression | 4 (8.3) |
Coronary heart disease | 2 (4.2) |
Daily medication n (%) | |
Yes | 58 (36.0) |
No | 103 (64.0) |
Type of medication n (%) | |
Antihypertensives | 28 (17.4) |
Antidyslipidemics | 17 (10.6) |
Antidepressant | 9 (5.6) |
Antacid | 9 (5.6) |
Anxiolytic | 7 (4.3) |
Antidiabetic | 4 (2.5) |
Symptoms n (%) | |
Vision impairment | 59 (36.6) |
Joint pain | 51 (31.7) |
Muscular pain | 48 (29.8) |
Feelings of sadness | 45 (28.0) |
Hearing impairment | 43 (26.7) |
Memory changes | 36 (22.4) |
Headaches | 24 (14.9) |
Dizziness | 14 (8.7) |
Loss of urine | 9 (5.6) |
Imbalances | 5 (3.1) |
Difficulty in walking | 4 (2.5) |
Literacy Indices * | General Literacy Index (GI) | Health Care Literacy Index (HCI) | Disease Prevention Literacy Index (DPI) | Health Promotion Literacy Index (HPI) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficients | |||||
Minimum | 13.5 | 19.8 | 6.0 | 2.1 | |
Maximum | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
Average | 30.3 | 31.4 | 30.1 | 29.5 | |
Standard deviation | 6.2 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
Literacy Indices | General Literacy Index (GI) p-Value | Health Care Literacy Index (HCI) p-Value | Disease Prevention Literacy Index (DPI) p-Value | Health Promotion Literacy Index (HPI) p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | |||||
Gender | 0.501 * | 0.770 * | 0.687 * | 0.333 * | |
Age | 0.033 † | 0.126 † | 0.046 † | 0.052 † | |
Education | 0.002 ‡ | 0.023 ‡ | 0.008 ‡ | 0.002 ‡ | |
Marital status | 0.157 ‡ | 0.177 ‡ | 0.260 ‡ | 0.140 ‡ |
Literacy Indices | General Literacy Index (GI) p-Value | Health Care Literacy Index (HCI) p-Value | Disease Prevention Literacy Index (DPI) p-Value | Health Promotion Literacy Index (HPI) p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | |||||
Body mass index | 0.002 * | 0.058 * | 0.011 * | 0.001 * | |
Disease diagnosis | 0.002 † | 0.023 † | 0.001 † | 0.008 † | |
Daily medication | <0.001 † | 0.008 † | <0.001 † | 0.001 † | |
SYMPTOMS | |||||
Vision impairment | 0.217 † | 0.273 † | 0.403 † | 0.139 † | |
Joint pain | 0.027 † | 0.191 † | 0.029 † | 0.032 † | |
Muscular pain | 0.024 † | 0.051 † | 0.018 † | 0.025 † | |
Feelings of sadness | 0.008 † | 0.061 † | 0.043 † | 0.002 † | |
Hearing impairment | 0.209 † | 0.602 † | 0.396 † | 0.158 † | |
Memory changes | 0.012 † | 0.322 † | 0.012 † | 0.005 † | |
Other types of pain | 0.347 † | 0.844 † | 0.406 † | 0.096 † | |
Dizziness | 0.304 † | >0.999 † | 0.143 † | 0.240 † | |
Loss of urine | 0.291 † | 0.253 † | 0.258 † | 0.243 † | |
Imbalances | 0.375 † | 0.461 † | 0.334 † | 0.553 † | |
Difficulty in walking | 0.696 † | 0.753 † | 0.393 † | 0.527 † |
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Dias, M.d.R.J.; Alves Faria, A.d.C.; Ferreira, M.S.M.; Faleiros, F.; Novo, A.; Gonçalves, M.N.; Rocha, C.G.d.; Teles, P.J.F.C.; Ribeiro, M.P.; Ventura da Silva, J.M.A.; et al. From Health Literacy to Self-Care: Contributions of the Specialist Nurse in Rehabilitation Nursing. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7767. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137767
Dias MdRJ, Alves Faria AdC, Ferreira MSM, Faleiros F, Novo A, Gonçalves MN, Rocha CGd, Teles PJFC, Ribeiro MP, Ventura da Silva JMA, et al. From Health Literacy to Self-Care: Contributions of the Specialist Nurse in Rehabilitation Nursing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(13):7767. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137767
Chicago/Turabian StyleDias, Marina do Rosário Jesus, Ana da Conceição Alves Faria, Maria Salomé Martins Ferreira, Fabiana Faleiros, André Novo, Maria Narcisa Gonçalves, Carla Gomes da Rocha, Paulo João Figueiredo Cabral Teles, Marlene Patrícia Ribeiro, João Miguel Almeida Ventura da Silva, and et al. 2022. "From Health Literacy to Self-Care: Contributions of the Specialist Nurse in Rehabilitation Nursing" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 13: 7767. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137767