INVESTIGATION OF HEALTH LITERACY AND SELF-EFFICACY LEVELS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC DISEASE
Project no. 24006 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2022
Summary
<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this research; to determine the level of health literacy and self-efficacy of adults with chronic diseases and to examine the relationship between the level of health literacy and self-efficacy of adults with chronic diseases.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>The sample of the descriptive study; Between January and March 2023, 288 patients who applied to the Health Sciences University (SBU) Ankara Gülhane Training and Research Hospital adult emergency and internal medicine clinics and met the inclusion criteria of the study consisted of 288 patients. Research data were collected by faceto-face interview method using “Descriptive Information Form”, “Health Literacy Scale” and “Self-Efficacy Scale in Chronic Diseases”. While evaluating the data; Mann Whitney U, t test, ANOVA, Kruskall Wallis test and pearson correlation analysis methods were used, results were interpreted at 95% confidence interval, p<0,05 significance level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the patients participating in the study was 55,83±17,44, 60,1% were female, 77,8% were married, and 41,7% were primary school graduates. The mean duration of chronic disease of the patients was 14,18±9,14 years. The mean score on the Health Literacy Scale of the patients was 97,74±22,37. Getting help for age, marital status, education level, employment status, smoking, own reading level and literacy; health literacy; Age, working status, number of drugs used and own reading levels were determined as factors affecting selfefficacy. A statistically significant relationship was found between the patients' Health Literacy Scale mean scores and the Chronic Diseases Self-Efficacy Scale.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> In our study, it was determined that the health literacy levels of individuals with chronic diseases were above the average and their self-efficacy levels were high. Most of the descriptive characteristics were found to affect health literacy and self-efficacy. It was concluded that there is a positive relationship between the level of health literacy and selfefficacy of individuals, and it was determined that as the level of health literacy increased, the level of self-efficacy increased.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Chronic disease, health literacy, self-efficacy,nursing</p>