Health literacy among adults: A study from Turkey

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dc.contributor.buuauthorÖzdemir, Hakan
dc.contributor.buuauthorAlper, Züleyha
dc.contributor.buuauthorUncu, Yeşim
dc.contributor.buuauthorBilgel, Nazan Gönül
dc.contributor.departmentUludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Aile Hekimliği Anabilim Dalı.tr_TR
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-8349-9868tr_TR
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5225-4403tr_TR
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-4539-5849tr_TR
dc.contributor.researcheridABE-2261-2020tr_TR
dc.contributor.researcheridD-9597-2016tr_TR
dc.contributor.scopusid57197077578tr_TR
dc.contributor.scopusid8580079400tr_TR
dc.contributor.scopusid8892370600tr_TR
dc.contributor.scopusid7801564702tr_TR
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-15T11:52:09Z
dc.date.available2021-11-15T11:52:09Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.description.abstractPatients' health literacy is increasingly recognized as a critical factor affecting health communication and outcomes. We performed this study to assess the levels of health literacy by using Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) and Newest Vital Sign (NVS) instruments. Patients (n = 456) at a family medicine clinic completed in-person interviews, REALM and NVS tests which were translated into the Turkish language by translation-back translation process. Additional questions regarding demographic characteristics were also collected. The mean scores (mean +/- standard error) for REALM and NVS were 60.2 +/- 90.32 and 2.60 +/- 0.08, respectively. The REALM test scores showed that 2.7% had inadequate (less than or equal to 6th grade), 38.6% marginal (7th to 8th grade) and 58.7% (greater than or equal to 9th grade) adequate health literacy. The NVS test score revealed a proportion of 28.1% had adequate health literacy. Educational attainment was the most important demographic characteristic found to be related to the health literacy. Reading and vocabulary skills were better than numerical capabilities. Female, primary school educated and poor economic condition participants and those who were older had the lowest scores in both the tests.en_US
dc.identifier.citationÖzdemir, H. vd. (2010). "Health literacy among adults: A study from Turkey". Health Education Research, 25(3), 464-477.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage477tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn0268-1153
dc.identifier.issn1465-3648
dc.identifier.issue3tr_TR
dc.identifier.pubmed20080808tr_TR
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77952904187tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage464tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyp068
dc.identifier.urihttps://academic.oup.com/her/article/25/3/464/653474
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/22655
dc.identifier.volume25tr_TR
dc.identifier.wos000278817500010tr_TR
dc.indexed.pubmedPubmeden_US
dc.indexed.scopusScopusen_US
dc.indexed.wosSSCIen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOxford Univ Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalHealth Education Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergitr_TR
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectCareen_US
dc.subjectRisken_US
dc.subjectPerceptionen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectEducation & educational researchen_US
dc.subjectPublic, environmental & occupational healthen_US
dc.subject.emtreeAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.emtreeAdulten_US
dc.subject.emtreeAgeen_US
dc.subject.emtreeAgeden_US
dc.subject.emtreeArticleen_US
dc.subject.emtreeAttitude to healthen_US
dc.subject.emtreeConsumer health informationen_US
dc.subject.emtreeCross-sectional studyen_US
dc.subject.emtreeEducational statusen_US
dc.subject.emtreeFemaleen_US
dc.subject.emtreeHealth care deliveryen_US
dc.subject.emtreeHumanen_US
dc.subject.emtreeInterviewen_US
dc.subject.emtreeMaleen_US
dc.subject.emtreeMiddle ageden_US
dc.subject.emtreePatient participationen_US
dc.subject.emtreeSex differenceen_US
dc.subject.emtreeSocioeconomicsen_US
dc.subject.emtreeTurkey (republic)en_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAge factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshAgeden_US
dc.subject.meshAttitude to healthen_US
dc.subject.meshCross-sectional studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshDelivery of health careen_US
dc.subject.meshEducational statusen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth literacyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshInterviews as topicen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle ageden_US
dc.subject.meshPatient participationen_US
dc.subject.meshSex factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshTurkeyen_US
dc.subject.meshYoung adulten_US
dc.subject.scopusHealth Literacy; Pictogram; Kincaiden_US
dc.subject.wosEducation & educational researchen_US
dc.subject.wosPublic, environmental & occupational healthen_US
dc.titleHealth literacy among adults: A study from Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticle
dc.wos.quartileQ1en_US

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