Improving Functional Status of Older Adults Through Health Literacy: A Literature Review
Dublin Core
Title
Improving Functional Status of Older Adults Through Health Literacy: A Literature Review
Subject
Older adult, health literacy, health education, functional status
Description
Older age can be followed by an aging process that shows a decrease in physical function due to various
degenerative problems that reduce immunity and therefore the older adults vulnerable to infectious diseases.
Health literacy can improve the physical function of older adults to use self management agents, obtain social
support, get access to health services, and to increase their quality of life. The paper aims to obtain evidence of the
impact of health literacy on improving the health status and functional or physical well-being of older adults
living in community and clinical settings. This paper used some databases Proquest databases: PubMed, Sage
Journal, Scopus, Ebscohost, Science Direct, and Taylor & Francis. There are 11 articles published in 2014 and
2024 that were reviewed using the PRISMA method. This review found that there are different types of health
literacy media (print and digital), and there are combinations of health literacy with physical activity
interventions to deliver health information to older people. Standardized health literacy media in terms of
readability and ease of use, such as video/web/electronic, game-based, digital, and mobile-based, and health literacy
interventions combined with planned physical activities can increase knowledge, self-efficacy, cognitive function, quality of life, and reduce frailty scores, fall risk, and depression scores.
degenerative problems that reduce immunity and therefore the older adults vulnerable to infectious diseases.
Health literacy can improve the physical function of older adults to use self management agents, obtain social
support, get access to health services, and to increase their quality of life. The paper aims to obtain evidence of the
impact of health literacy on improving the health status and functional or physical well-being of older adults
living in community and clinical settings. This paper used some databases Proquest databases: PubMed, Sage
Journal, Scopus, Ebscohost, Science Direct, and Taylor & Francis. There are 11 articles published in 2014 and
2024 that were reviewed using the PRISMA method. This review found that there are different types of health
literacy media (print and digital), and there are combinations of health literacy with physical activity
interventions to deliver health information to older people. Standardized health literacy media in terms of
readability and ease of use, such as video/web/electronic, game-based, digital, and mobile-based, and health literacy
interventions combined with planned physical activities can increase knowledge, self-efficacy, cognitive function, quality of life, and reduce frailty scores, fall risk, and depression scores.
Creator
Trisnawati Paulus Tandilangi , Etty Rekawati, Winda Eriska
Source
https://doi.org/10.23917/bik.v17i2.5063
Publisher
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
Date
2024
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
p-ISSN: 1979-2697
e-ISSN: 2721-1797
e-ISSN: 2721-1797
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Files
Collection
Citation
Trisnawati Paulus Tandilangi , Etty Rekawati, Winda Eriska, “Improving Functional Status of Older Adults Through Health Literacy: A Literature Review,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 12, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10757.