Relationship between Health Literacy and Quality of Life in the Elderly

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 129 - 141, 28.08.2023

Dilek Kılıç Nihan Türkoğlu Gülnaz Ata

https://doi.org/10.54061/jphn.1278825

Abstract

Objective: This study was planned to determine the relationship between health literacy and quality of life in the elderly.
Methods: The study population elderly aged 65 years and over admitted to the registered to family health centers affiliated to Erzurum Provincial Health Directorate center between May 2019 and June 2019. The sample of the study consisted of 253 elderly individuals. The study was completed with 204 individuals who admitted to the family health center at the specified dates and agreed to participate in the study. In the data collection, Quality of Life in Elderly Scale and Health Literacy Scale, and Sociodemographic Questionnaire, which was developed by the researcher, were used. Data were analyzed with arithmetic mean, standard deviation, independent groups t-test, ANOVA, Welch ANOVA, Bonferroni and the correlation tests.
Results: It was determined that 59.3% of the elderly who participated in the research were male, 61.3% were primary school graduates, 66.7% were individuals who did not read, and 54.9% described their health status as good. The mean Quality of Life in the Elderly Scale score was 20.73±9.51, and the Health Literacy Scale mean score was 46.90±9.21. In the correlation analysis between health literacy and quality of life scales in the elderly, a positive correlation was found.
Conclusion: The level of health literacy in the elderly was found to be moderate and the quality of life was below average, and it was concluded the increase of health literacy in the elderly can be effective on their quality of life.

Keywords

Elderly, health literacy, older individuals, quality of life

Yaşlılarda Sağlık Okuryazarlığı ve Yaşam Kalitesi İlişkisi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma, yaşlılarda sağlık okuryazarlığı ve yaşam kalitesi arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek amacıyla planlanmıştır.
Yöntem: Araştırma evrenini Mayıs 2019-Haziran 2019 tarihleri arasında Erzurum İl Sağlık Müdürlüğüne bağlı aile sağlığı merkezlerine kayıtlı olan 65 yaş ve üstü yaşlılar oluşturmaktadır. Örneklemini ise 253 yaşlı birey oluşturmuştur. Ancak ilgili tarihlerde aile sağlığı merkezine başvuran, çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 204 bireyle çalışma tamamlanmıştır. Veri toplamada, araştırmacı tarafından oluşturulan sosyodemografik soru formu, Yaşlılarda Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği ve Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Veriler aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, bağımsız gruplarda t-testi, ANOVA, Welch ANOVA, Bonferroni testleri ve korelasyon ile analiz edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan yaşlıların %59.3’ünün erkek, %61.3’ünün ilköğretim mezunu, %66.7’si kitap okumayan bireyler olduğu ve %54.9’unun sağlık durumlarını iyi olarak nitelendirdiği belirlenmiştir. Yaşlılarda Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği puan ortalaması 46.90±9.21, Yaşam Kalitesi ölçeği puan ortalaması 20.73±9.51 olarak saptanmıştır. Sağlık Okuryazarlığı ve Yaşlılarda Yaşam Kalitesi ölçekleri arasında bakılan korelasyon analizinde pozitif yönde bir ilişki olduğu saptanmıştır.
Sonuç: Yaşlıların sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeylerinin orta düzeyde, yaşam kalitesi düzeylerinin de orta seviyenin altında olduğu ve yaşlılarda sağlık okuryazarlığının artmasının yaşam kaliteleri üzerinde etkili olabileceği saptanmıştır.

Keywords

Sağlık okuryazarlığı, yaşam kalitesi, yaşlı, yaşlılık

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