The Relationship Between e-Health Literacy and Health Beliefs Regarding Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 50 - 62, 29.04.2025

İrem Nur Ozdemir , Eda Kılınç İşleyen , Selin Demirtaş

https://doi.org/10.54061/jphn.1626389

https://izlik.org/JA25JS43KE

Abstract

Objective: Given that elderly people with diabetes are at high risk for cardiovascular complications, it is essential to understand the relationship between eHealth literacy and health beliefs regarding cardiovascular diseases. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between e-health literacy and health beliefs regarding cardiovascular disease in elderly individuals with type 2 diabetes.
Methods: This study is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The study was conducted between February 2024 and June 2024 with 326 individuals with type 2 diabetes. The study data collected descriptive characteristics form, e-Health Literacy Scale (e-HLS) and Health Beliefs Related to Cardiovascular Disease Scale (HBCVDS).
Results: The mean age of the elderly individuals with type 2 diabetes included in the study was 70.21±6.18 years and 53.10% were female. The mean score on the e-HLS and HBCVDS were moderate. The factors affecting e-HLS were smoking, smartphone use, Accessing health resources from the internet, average daily internet usage time (91 minutes or more), positive effect of the internet on health.
Conclusions: In this study, both the e-health literacy and the health beliefs related to heart disease of elderly individuals with diabetes were found to be at a moderate level. As the electronic health literacy of individuals with diabetes increases, their health beliefs about heart disease also improve. Therefore, educational programs aimed at enhancing electronic health literacy and the promoting use of digital tools offer an important opportunity to improve these individuals' health beliefs and behaviors related to cardiovascular diseases.

Keywords

elderly , type 2 diabetes , e-health literacy , cardiovascular disease , nursing

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by the Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Date: 05.11.2020, Decision no: 09/29).

Thanks

The authors thank all the individuals with elderly type 2 diabetes who contributed to this study.

Tip 2 Diyabetli Yaşlılarda Kardiyovasküler Hastalığa İlişkin Sağlık İnançları ile e-Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Arasındaki İlişki

https://izlik.org/JA25JS43KE

Abstract

Amaç: Diyabetli yaşlı bireyler kardiyovasküler komplikasyonlar için yüksek risk altındadır, bu nedenle e-sağlık okuryazarlığı ile kardiyovasküler hastalıkla ilgili sağlık inançları arasındaki ilişkiyi anlamak önemlidir. Bu çalışma, yaşlı tip 2 diyabetli bireylerde e-sağlık okuryazarlığı ile kardiyovasküler hastalığa ilişkin sağlık inançları arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Yöntem: Çalışma tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel türdedir. Çalışma, Şubat – Haziran 2024 tarihleri arasında 326 tip 2 diyabetli bireyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma verileri, tanımlayıcı özellikler formu, e-Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği (e-HLS) ve Kardiyovasküler Hastalıklarla İlgili Sağlık İnançları Ölçeği (HBCVDS) ile toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya dahil edilen tip 2 diyabetli yaşlıların ortalama yaşı 70.21±6.18 yıl olup, %53.10’u kadındır. E-HLS ve HBCVDS ortalama puanları orta seviyedeydi. E-HLS’yi etkileyen faktörler sigara içme, akıllı telefon kullanımı, internet üzerinden sağlık kaynaklarına erişim, günlük ortalama internet kullanım süresi (91 dakika ve üzeri) ve internetin sağlık üzerindeki olumlu etkisi yer almaktadır.
Sonuç: Bu çalışmada, diyabetli yaşlı bireylerin e-sağlık okuryazarlığı ve kardiyovasküler hastalığa ilişkin sağlık inançları orta seviyededir. Diyabetli bireylerin e-sağlık okuryazarlığı arttıkça, kardiyovasküler hastalıklarla ilgili sağlık inançları da artmaktadır. Bu nedenle, e-sağlık okuryazarlığını artırmaya yönelik eğitim programları ve dijital araçların kullanımının teşvik edilmesi, bu bireylerin kardiyovasküler hastalıklarla ilgili sağlık inançlarını ve davranışlarını iyileştirmek için önemli bir fırsat sunmaktadır.

Keywords

Yaşlı , tip 2 diyabet , e-sağlık okuryazarlığı , kardiyovasküler hastalık , hemşirelik

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