@article{article_983204, title={An investigation of the relationship between health literacy and quality of life in pregnant women}, journal={Adıyaman Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={7}, pages={213–222}, year={2021}, DOI={10.30569/adiyamansaglik.983204}, author={Şimşek Küçükkelepçe, Didem and Gölbaşı, Zehra and Bayer, Nukhet and Ağırbaş, Hande}, keywords={Health literacy, Nursing, Pregnancy, Quality of life}, abstract={<b>Aim: </b>The research was carried out to determine the relationship between health literacy and quality of life in pregnant women. <br /> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted with 219 pregnant women in a private hospital in Ankara. Data were collected through the Turkish Health Literacy Scale-32, the WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Scale, and the Socio-demographic Form. Statistical analyses included numbers, percentages, means, standard deviations, Pearson correlation, and linear regression analysis. <br /> <b>Results: </b>In the study, it was determined that the pregnant women had insufficient health literacy (n=15), problematic-limited health literacy (n=41), adequate health (n=87), and excellent health literacy (n=76). This study found a linear and positive relationship between health literacy and quality of life ( <i>p </i><0.05). In addition, a one-unit increase in the Health Literacy Scale was found to cause an increase in all sub-scales of the Quality-of-Life Scale, and this increase was found to be statistically significant ( <i>p </i><0.05). <br /> <b>Conclusion: </b>As a result of the data obtained from the study, it was determined that there was a positive, and weak relationship between the health literacy level of pregnant women and their quality of life. <br />}, number={3}, publisher={Adıyaman University}