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Health literacy among dialysis patients

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dc.contributor.authorMartins, Conceição
dc.contributor.authorCampos, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, João
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorChaves, Cláudia
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T08:42:53Z
dc.date.available2017-01-31T08:42:53Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.descriptionThis paper was presented at Economic and Social Development Conference (Zagreb, Croatia, 9-10 December 2016)pt_PT
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT Background: Health literacy has been defined by the World Health Organization (1998) as the "set of cognitive and social skills which determines the ability of people to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health." Objectives: To determine the Health Literacy among haemodialysis patients; to analyze the influence of socio-demographic variables and of family in patients’ Health Literacy; to establish a relationship between the duration of the treatment received and haemodialysis patients’ Health Literacy. Methods: Quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study based on the information gathered from 68 patients suffering from chronic renal failure who were undergoing haemodialysis at the Nephrology Service at the Tondela/ Viseu Hospital Centre, EPE, and at the Beirodial Clinic - Medical Centre and Dialysis, in Mangualde and who were between 21 and 88 years old, which gives an average age of 66.74 (± 14.927 Sd.). The data collection instrument was a questionnaire that included socio-demographic questions and others about the patients’ clinical profile, the Family Apgar Scale (Smilkstein, 1978) and the European health literacy Survey (HLS- EU-Q) validated for Portuguese participants (Nunes & Sorensen, 2013). Results: Most patients seem to exhibit inadequate health literacy (61.8%). The independent variables that might interfere with health literacy were: the patients’ age- middle-aged patients are more likely to exhibit better health literacy (X2=10,340; p=0.006); their educational qualifications- higher literacy levels were evident among patients with higher academic qualifications (p<0.05 in all dimensions); the family’s monthly income- patients with higher monthly income tend to exhibit better health literacy (p<0.05 in all dimensions) with a marginal difference regarding health care (X2=5.869, p=0:53); family relationships - patients who live in a functional family manifest better literacy (prevention of disease p=0.010; total literacy in health p=0.034); the amount of time required for treatment- where we have to include patients with shorter treatment time (health promotion X2=6.077; p=0.048). Conclusion: The results show a prevalence of haemodialysis patients with inadequate literacy levels. This situation requires the development of action plans that will contribute to improve the levels of health literacy.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationMartins, C., Campos, S., Duarte, J., Martins, R., Silva, D., & Chaves, C. (2016). Health literacy among dialysis patients. Economic and Social Development, 270-275. http://www.esd-conference.com/index.php?page=past-conferencespt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1849-7535
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4208
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherVarazdin Development and Entrepreneurship Agencypt_PT
dc.relationCI&DETS, Instituto Politécnico de Viseupt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.esd-conference.com/index.php?page=past-conferencespt_PT
dc.subjectDialysis patientpt_PT
dc.subjectHealth Literacypt_PT
dc.titleHealth literacy among dialysis patientspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceZagreb - Croatiapt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage275pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage270pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Economic and Social Developmentpt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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