HEALTH LITERACY OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND RELATED FACTORS

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 3, 268 - 278, 30.11.2024

Seda Karakaya Ergün , Dilek Cingil

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Objective: The health literacy level of caregivers is essential for patient care. This study was conducted as a descriptive study to determine the health literacy level of caregivers.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive and correlational research. The study consists of 263 caregivers of the patients who were hospitalized between March and June 2019. All of the participants in the study were chosen over the age of eighteen. The sociodemographic information form, Barthel Index, and Health Literacy Scale (HLS) were used as the data collection tools.
Results: Based on the scores obtained from Health Literacy Scale and its sub-dimensions, it was found that the health literacy level of caregivers was high. It was found that there was a positive correlation between perceived health of caregiver and HLS total score. It was also seen that there was a negative correlation between the total dependence of the patient, age of the patient, the number of illnesses the caregiver had, the number of hospitalizations of the patient and HLS total score.
Conclusion: As a conclusion, in this study which was conducted to determine the level of the health literacy of family caregivers and related factors, it was found that the level of health literacy among family caregivers affected some of the care-related variables. Further studies on the level of health literacy among family caregivers, identifying deficiencies, and taking necessary precautions are important for improving patient care and its quality.

Anahtar Kelimeler

health literacy, caregivers, humans, home care service

BAKIM VERİCİLERİN SAĞLIK OKURYAZARLIĞI VE İLİŞKİLİ FAKTÖRLER

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Amaç: Bakım verenlerin sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyi hasta bakımı için önemlidir. Bu çalışma, bakım verenlerin sağlık okuryazarlık düzeyini belirlemek amacıyla tanımlayıcı bir çalışma olarak yapılmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı araştırmadır. Araştırma Mart ve Haziran 2019 tarihleri arasında hastaneye yatırılan hastaların 263 bakım vericisini içermektedir. Araştırmadaki katılımcıların hepsi 18 yaş üzerinden seçilmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak sosyodemografik bilgi formu, Barthel İndeksi ve Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği (SOY) kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği ve alt boyutlarından alınan puanlara göre bakım verenlerin sağlık okuryazarlık düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu belirlendi. Bakım verenin algılanan sağlığı ile SOY toplam puanı arasında pozitif, hastanın yaşı, toplam bağımlılığı, hastanın yaşı, bakım verenin sahip olduğu hastalık sayısı, hastanın hastaneye yatış sayısı ve bakım verenin hastaneye yatış sayısı ile SOY toplam puanı arasında negatif korelasyon bulunmuştur.
Sonuç: Sonuç olarak, aile bakım verenlerinin sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyini ve ilişkili faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapılan bu çalışmada, aile bakım verenlerinin sağlık okuryazarlık düzeylerinin bakımla ilgili bazı değişkenleri etkilediği bulunmuştur. Aile bakım verenlerinin sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyinin belirlenmesi, eksikliklerin saptanması ve gerekli önlemlerin alınması konusunda daha fazla araştırma yapılması hasta bakımının ve kalitesinin iyileştirilmesi açısından
önemlidir

Anahtar Kelimeler

sağlık okuryazarlığı, bakım verenler, insan, evde bakım hizmetleri

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