JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 30 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Health Literacy and Its Related Factors Among the Elderly in Rasht City, Iran

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JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 30 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Health Literacy and Its Related Factors Among the Elderly in Rasht City, Iran

Subject

Health literacy, The elderly, TOFHLA

Description

Introduction: Limited health literacy is a major concern among the elderly because they often
need more health information and services to maintain their well-being.
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the level of health literacy of elderly
members of the National Retirement Fund of Rasht City, Iran.
Materials and Methods: The present study was an analytical cross-sectional study
conducted on 290 retirees of the National Retirement Fund of Rasht City using the
convenience sampling method in 2017. The data collection tool was a questionnaire
consisting of two sections: Personal profile and functional health literacy of adults
(TOFHLA: Test of Functional Health Literacy of Adults). TOFHLA consists of two sections:
reading comprehension and numeracy, which includes 67 questions (50 questions related
to reading comprehension and 17 questions related to numeracy). The obtained data

were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square test, Fisher exact-
test, analysis of variance, and Independent t-test).

Results: The Mean±SD age of the participants was 65.38±4.96 years. About 52.1% of the
subjects were men and the rest were women. Also, 54.8% had adequate health literacy.
The highest Mean±SD score of health literacy was in the field of reading comprehension
(36.30±7.90) and the field of numeracy (36.11±11.60). A statistically significant relationship
was observed between the level of health literacy and the level of education (P=0.001) and
between the level of education of the spouse (P=0.0001) and the history of cancer (P=0.008).
Conclusion: This study showed that about half of the elderly studied had poor health literacy.
Providing appropriate training programs may be effective in improving the health of the elderly.

Creator

Afsaneh Nezafati , Nasrin Mokhtari , Farzaneh Sheikholeslami , Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili

Date

July 2020, Volume 30, Number 3

Contributor

peri irawan

Format

pdf

Language

indonesia

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text

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Citation

Afsaneh Nezafati , Nasrin Mokhtari , Farzaneh Sheikholeslami , Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili, “JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 30 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Health Literacy and Its Related Factors Among the Elderly in Rasht City, Iran,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/794.