Study on the relationship between health literacy and health status among residents in Qingdao
10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2019.01.015
- Author:
Rui WANG
1
;
Xiao-rong JIA
;
Shan-peng LI
;
Ping HU
;
Peng LIN
;
Mei-yun GENG
;
Ya-ni WANG
;
Zhen-shi XU
;
Fei QI
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health literacy;
Health status;
Ordinal Logistic regression;
Qingdao
- From:
Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention
2019;23(1):70-74
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the status of health literacy and its relationship with chronic diseases and self-reported health among residents in Qingdao, discuss the influence of health literacy on health status and provide the scientific basis for the development of health education strategies and measures. Methods The stratified multistage and probability proportionate to population size sampling(PPS sampling) method was adopted in this investigation. In 2017, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 16 700 permanent residents aged 15-69 from 10 districts in Qingdao. Results The overall level of health literacy status was 15.92%, the prevalence rate of chronic diseases was 19.31%, the self-reported health proportion of good, fair and poor were 81.68%, 12.12% and 1.71% among residents in Qingdao. Logistic regression analysis showed that, after adjusting for urban and rural areas, gender, age, education, income and occupation, health literacy was a protective factor for people with chronic diseases and self-evaluated health(OR=1.232，P=0.003;OR=1.159，P=0.033). Three aspects of health literacy were correlated with chronic diseases and self-reported health among people (all P<0.05). Conclusions Health literacy is positively correlated with the health status of residents. The improvement of health literacy is an important way to enhance the health status of residents.
