Exploring the health literacy status of people with hearing impairment: a systematic review.

Bias risk Health literacy Hearing impairment Systematic review

Journal

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique
ISSN: 0778-7367
Titre abrégé: Arch Public Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9208826

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
22 Nov 2023
Historique:
received: 12 05 2023
accepted: 08 11 2023
medline: 23 11 2023
pubmed: 23 11 2023
entrez: 23 11 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

People with hearing impairment have many problems with healthcare use, which is associated with health literacy. Research on health literacy is less focused on people with hearing impairments. This research aimed to explore the levels of health literacy in people with hearing impairment, find the barriers to health literacy, and summarize methods for improving health literacy. A systematic review was conducted using three databases (PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase) to search the relevant articles and analyze them. The studies were selected using pre-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria in two steps: first, selection by examining the title and abstract; and second, after reading the study in full. The Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Nonrandomized Studies (RoBANS) was used to assess the quality of the articles. Twenty-nine studies were synthesized qualitatively. Individuals with hearing impairment were found to have lower health literacy, when compared to those without impairment, which can lead to a higher medical cost. Most of the people with hearing impairment faced barriers to obtaining health-related information and found it difficult to communicate with healthcare providers. To improve their health literacy, it is essential to explore new ways of accessing health information and improving the relationship between patients and healthcare providers. Our findings show that people with hearing impairment have lower health literacy than those without. This suggests that developing new technology and policies for people with hearing impairment is necessary not to mention promoting provision of information via sign language. OSF: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/V6UGW . CRD42023395556.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
People with hearing impairment have many problems with healthcare use, which is associated with health literacy. Research on health literacy is less focused on people with hearing impairments. This research aimed to explore the levels of health literacy in people with hearing impairment, find the barriers to health literacy, and summarize methods for improving health literacy.
METHODS METHODS
A systematic review was conducted using three databases (PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase) to search the relevant articles and analyze them. The studies were selected using pre-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria in two steps: first, selection by examining the title and abstract; and second, after reading the study in full. The Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Nonrandomized Studies (RoBANS) was used to assess the quality of the articles.
RESULTS RESULTS
Twenty-nine studies were synthesized qualitatively. Individuals with hearing impairment were found to have lower health literacy, when compared to those without impairment, which can lead to a higher medical cost. Most of the people with hearing impairment faced barriers to obtaining health-related information and found it difficult to communicate with healthcare providers. To improve their health literacy, it is essential to explore new ways of accessing health information and improving the relationship between patients and healthcare providers.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Our findings show that people with hearing impairment have lower health literacy than those without. This suggests that developing new technology and policies for people with hearing impairment is necessary not to mention promoting provision of information via sign language.
TRIAL REGISTRATION BACKGROUND
OSF: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/V6UGW .
PROSPERO ID UNASSIGNED
CRD42023395556.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37993969
doi: 10.1186/s13690-023-01216-x
pii: 10.1186/s13690-023-01216-x
pmc: PMC10664265
doi:

Types de publication

Systematic Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

206

Subventions

Organisme : National Research Foundation of Korea
ID : 2022R1A2B5B0100125311

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Zhaoyan Piao (Z)

College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, 162-1 Songdo-Dong, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Hanbin Lee (H)

College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, 162-1 Songdo-Dong, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Yeongrok Mun (Y)

College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, 162-1 Songdo-Dong, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Hankil Lee (H)

College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.

Euna Han (E)

College of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yonsei University, 162-1 Songdo-Dong, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea. eunahan@yonsei.ac.kr.

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