Health literacy among cancer survivors: Results from the 2016 behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey.
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Cancer Survivors
/ psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
/ methods
Educational Status
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Literacy
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
Surveys and Questionnaires
Journal
Medicine
ISSN: 1536-5964
Titre abrégé: Medicine (Baltimore)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985248R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 Mar 2022
04 Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
04
10
2021
accepted:
16
02
2022
entrez:
4
3
2022
pubmed:
5
3
2022
medline:
23
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Health literacy is a set of knowledge and skills that enables individuals to obtain, communicate, process and understand information, and services to make appropriate health decisions and to successfully navigate the health care system. Health literacy is important to quality of cancer survivorship care and patient self-management of their disease.We examined health literacy among cancer survivors, using data from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We compared health literacy across various demographic and socioeconomic groups and estimated the adjusted odds in favor of low health literacy for these characteristics.We found that about 16% of the cancer survivors had low health literacy. The prevalence was higher among Hispanic and Black individuals, and among those with poor health status, low income and educational attainment.A sizeable percentage of cancer survivors have low health literacy which is likely to complicate their ability to self-manage their disease and navigate the health care system for optimal care. In order to ensure the quality and appropriateness of cancer survivorship care, effective interventions are needed to address low health literacy in these populations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35244079
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029010
pii: 00005792-202203040-00046
pmc: PMC8896449
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e29010Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no conflicts of interests to disclose.
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