Correlation between health literacy and health-related quality of life in patients with hypertension, in Tehran, Iran, 2015-2016

Hypertension is considered an important public health problem in developed and developing countries. This disease is closely associated with the quality of life of patients, and it seems that health literacy plays a role in this regard. Due to lack of information on the role of health literacy on th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Electronic physician 2017-11, Vol.9 (11), p.5712-5720
Hauptverfasser: Naimi, Ahmad Johari, Naderiravesh, Nadereh, Bayat, Zahra Safavi, Shakeri, Nezhat, Matbouei, Mahsa
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Zusammenfassung:Hypertension is considered an important public health problem in developed and developing countries. This disease is closely associated with the quality of life of patients, and it seems that health literacy plays a role in this regard. Due to lack of information on the role of health literacy on the quality of life in patients with hypertension, this study has aimed to determine the correlation between health literacy and health-related quality of life in patients with hypertension. This study is cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 400 patients with hypertension who were enrolled if available. To collect data, a demographic questionnaire (SF-36), Short Form Health Survey, and Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA) Inventory were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21 for descriptive and inferential statistics (e.g., mean, standard deviation, t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient). The mean and standard deviation scores of health literacy and health-related quality of life were, respectively, 68.66 (±13.56) and 52.94 (±15.20). There was positive and significant correlation between health literacy and health-related quality of life (p
ISSN:2008-5842
2008-5842
DOI:10.19082/5712