Health Literacy Status and Its Relationship with Quality of Life among Nurses in Teaching Hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

Health literacy Iran hospitals nurses quality of life teaching

Journal

Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research
ISSN: 1735-9066
Titre abrégé: Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101558775

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
entrez: 10 1 2019
pubmed: 10 1 2019
medline: 10 1 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Health literacy can be considered as a factor affecting healthcare providers' decision-making. The aim of this study was to investigate health literacy status and its relationship with quality of life among the nurses working in teaching hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017. To this end, 185 nurses from hospitals were selected by stratified random sampling. The data collection instruments included the standardized Health Literacy Questionnaire and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics as well as t test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multivariate linear regression analysis using SPSS The mean scores for health literacy and quality of life were 70.06 (12.98) and 60.86 (17.26), respectively. A significant relationship was observed between the health literacy and quality of life ( A significant relationship was observed between health literacy and quality of life in nurses. Healthcare policy-makers are suggested to take measures to develop programs on promoting health literacy and related skills to improve the status of quality of life among nurses.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Health literacy can be considered as a factor affecting healthcare providers' decision-making. The aim of this study was to investigate health literacy status and its relationship with quality of life among the nurses working in teaching hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran.
MATERIALS AND METHODS METHODS
This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017. To this end, 185 nurses from hospitals were selected by stratified random sampling. The data collection instruments included the standardized Health Literacy Questionnaire and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics as well as t test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multivariate linear regression analysis using SPSS
RESULTS RESULTS
The mean scores for health literacy and quality of life were 70.06 (12.98) and 60.86 (17.26), respectively. A significant relationship was observed between the health literacy and quality of life (
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
A significant relationship was observed between health literacy and quality of life in nurses. Healthcare policy-makers are suggested to take measures to develop programs on promoting health literacy and related skills to improve the status of quality of life among nurses.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30622582
doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_205_17
pii: IJNMR-24-73
pmc: PMC6298171
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

73-79

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Nothing to declare.

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Auteurs

AliReza Yusefi (A)

Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Zahra Ebrahim (Z)

Department of Health Services Management, Electronic Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Peivand Bastani (P)

Health Human Resources Research Center, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Maryam Najibi (M)

Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Maryam Radinmanesh (M)

Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammad Mehrtak (M)

Department of Health Information Management, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.

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