Shea M Lemley1, Sergio Castro-Diaz2, Leonardo Cubillos3, Fernando Suárez-Obando2, William C Torrey3, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo4, Makeda Williams5, Lisa A Marsch3, Carlos Gómez-Restrepo6. 1. Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Electronic address: smlemley@gmail.com. 2. Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. 3. Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, United States. 4. Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. 5. Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States. 6. Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia; Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia.
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CONTEXT: Colombia passed Law 100 in 1993 with the goal of providing universal health care coverage, and by 2013, over 96% of the Colombian population had health insurance coverage. However, little is known about how health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health literacy are related among those with the two most common types of health insurance coverage: subsidized (those with lower incomes) and contributory (those with higher incomes) coverage. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: In the current exploratory investigation, data from adults visiting six primary care clinics in Colombia were analysed to examine the relationship between HRQoL (assessed as problems with mobility, self-care, completing usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression), demographics, the two health insurance types, and health literacy. Analyses also assessed whether, within insurance types, health literacy was related to HRQoL. RESULTS: Results showed that those with contributory health insurance coverage had greater health literacy than those with subsidized coverage, and this was accounted for by differences in education and socioeconomic status. HRQoL did not differ by insurance type. Although lower health literacy was related to worse HRQoL in the overall sample, in subgroup analyses lower health literacy significantly related to worse HRQoL only among those with subsidized health insurance coverage. CONCLUSION: Targeting skills which contribute to health literacy, such as interpreting medical information or filling out forms, may improve HRQoL, particularly in those with subsidized insurance coverage.
CONTEXT: Colombia passed Law 100 in 1993 with the goal of providing universal health care coverage, and by 2013, over 96% of the Colombian population had health insurance coverage. However, little is known about how health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health literacy are related among those with the two most common types of health insurance coverage: subsidized (those with lower incomes) and contributory (those with higher incomes) coverage. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: In the current exploratory investigation, data from adults visiting six primary care clinics in Colombia were analysed to examine the relationship between HRQoL (assessed as problems with mobility, self-care, completing usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression), demographics, the two health insurance types, and health literacy. Analyses also assessed whether, within insurance types, health literacy was related to HRQoL. RESULTS: Results showed that those with contributory health insurance coverage had greater health literacy than those with subsidized coverage, and this was accounted for by differences in education and socioeconomic status. HRQoL did not differ by insurance type. Although lower health literacy was related to worse HRQoL in the overall sample, in subgroup analyses lower health literacy significantly related to worse HRQoL only among those with subsidized health insurance coverage. CONCLUSION: Targeting skills which contribute to health literacy, such as interpreting medical information or filling out forms, may improve HRQoL, particularly in those with subsidized insurance coverage.
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