Astrid K Wahl1, Richard H Osborne2, Marie H Larsen3, Marit H Andersen4, Ingrid A Holter5, Christine R Borge6. 1. Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: a.k.wahl@medisin.uio.no. 2. Centre of Global Health and Equity, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia. 3. Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway; Lovisenberg Diaconal University College, Oslo, Norway. 4. Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway. 5. Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, Norway. 6. Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway; Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) points to health literacy as an important factor in prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including COPD. OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between selected demographic and clinical variables, psychological well-being and health literacy. METHODS: Health literacy was measured using the nine domain Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and one domain from the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ). Using data from a cross-sectional sample of 158 people with COPD, recruited from a hospital-based patient list period (2014-2016), multiple regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: The strongest associated variables with health literacy were psychological well-being, measured by the WHO-5 well-being index and education, indicating that higher psychological well-being and educational level are associated with higher levels of health literacy. CONCLUSION: The present study highlights the importance of specifically looking to psychological factors in determining potentially health literacy needs among people with COPD.
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) points to health literacy as an important factor in prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including COPD. OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between selected demographic and clinical variables, psychological well-being and health literacy. METHODS: Health literacy was measured using the nine domain Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and one domain from the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ). Using data from a cross-sectional sample of 158 people with COPD, recruited from a hospital-based patient list period (2014-2016), multiple regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: The strongest associated variables with health literacy were psychological well-being, measured by the WHO-5 well-being index and education, indicating that higher psychological well-being and educational level are associated with higher levels of health literacy. CONCLUSION: The present study highlights the importance of specifically looking to psychological factors in determining potentially health literacy needs among people with COPD.