Social Support, Health Literacy, and Health Care Utilization Among Older Adults.
Asia Pac J Public Health
; 31(4): 359-366, 2019 05.
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| ID: mdl-31307218
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between social support, health literacy, and health care utilization in older Chinese adults. A cross-sectional survey design was employed. Data were collected from 32 nursing homes from Urumqi in Xinjiang of China. A total of 1486 respondents completed a pack of questionnaires. The average health literacy level of older adults in nursing homes was relatively low, only 73.68 ± 29.42 points; the average social support level was also relatively low, only 31.42 ± 7.12 points (lower than domestic norm of Chinese residents, P < .001). Both values were below the midpoint for the overall population, indicating a sample with below-average levels of healthy literacy and social support. Low social support levels are associated with poor health literacy and greater likelihood of hospital admission (P < .05). Social support was significantly associated with health literacy. Improving the quantity and quality of social support may be an effective means to obtain better health literacy and lower hospital admissions.
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Assunto principal:
Apoio Social
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Letramento em Saúde
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Hospitalização
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article