Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study
Objective: To identify the association between chronic conditions and health literacy in community-dwelling older people in a Brazilian city.Methods Two hundred older people registered at five Family Health Units in the city of Naviraí, Brazil, voluntarily participated in a cross-sectional study. Th...
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| author | Madson Alan Maximiano-Barreto Ana Caroline Pinto Lima Daiene de Morais Élen dos Santos Alves Bruna Moretti Luchesi |
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| description | Objective: To identify the association between chronic conditions and health literacy in community-dwelling older people in a Brazilian city.Methods Two hundred older people registered at five Family Health Units in the city of Naviraí, Brazil, voluntarily participated in a cross-sectional study. The participants answered a questionnaire addressing sociodemographic characteristics. The participants also answered a health literacy test and were then divided into three groups based on the score: “lower health literacy”, “intermediate health literacy” and “higher health literacy”).Results Men accounted for slightly more than half of the sample (50.5%) and age ranged from 60 to 97 years (X᷈: 69; [IQR: 66–77] years). Individuals with more advanced age (OR: 1.07; 95% CI: 1.02–1.13) and arterial hypertension (OR: 5.56; 95% CI: 2.17–14.21) were more likely to have “lower health literacy”, whereas those with diabetes mellitus (OR: 0.37; 95% CI: 0.16–0.86) were less likely to have “lower health literacy”.Conclusions Low health literacy was associated with the presence of hypertension in older people, but not diabetes mellitus. Further studies on this issue are needed, along with the planning of strategies and public policies to mitigate the negative impacts of low health literacy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5c9d1feff39749eb85dbfd28da061ca32025-08-20T02:17:01ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHealth Literacy and Communication Open2835-52452025-12-013110.1080/28355245.2025.2465310Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional studyMadson Alan Maximiano-Barreto0Ana Caroline Pinto Lima1Daiene de Morais2Élen dos Santos Alves3Bruna Moretti Luchesi4Research Group on Mental Health, Cognition and Aging, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BrazilCampus de Três Lagoas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas, MS, BrazilResearch Group on Mental Health, Cognition and Aging, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BrazilDepartment of Nursing, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, BrazilResearch Group on Mental Health, Cognition and Aging, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BrazilObjective: To identify the association between chronic conditions and health literacy in community-dwelling older people in a Brazilian city.Methods Two hundred older people registered at five Family Health Units in the city of Naviraí, Brazil, voluntarily participated in a cross-sectional study. The participants answered a questionnaire addressing sociodemographic characteristics. The participants also answered a health literacy test and were then divided into three groups based on the score: “lower health literacy”, “intermediate health literacy” and “higher health literacy”).Results Men accounted for slightly more than half of the sample (50.5%) and age ranged from 60 to 97 years (X᷈: 69; [IQR: 66–77] years). Individuals with more advanced age (OR: 1.07; 95% CI: 1.02–1.13) and arterial hypertension (OR: 5.56; 95% CI: 2.17–14.21) were more likely to have “lower health literacy”, whereas those with diabetes mellitus (OR: 0.37; 95% CI: 0.16–0.86) were less likely to have “lower health literacy”.Conclusions Low health literacy was associated with the presence of hypertension in older people, but not diabetes mellitus. Further studies on this issue are needed, along with the planning of strategies and public policies to mitigate the negative impacts of low health literacy.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28355245.2025.2465310AgingBrazilcommunity-dwellinghealth literacy |
| spellingShingle | Madson Alan Maximiano-Barreto Ana Caroline Pinto Lima Daiene de Morais Élen dos Santos Alves Bruna Moretti Luchesi Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study Health Literacy and Communication Open Aging Brazil community-dwelling health literacy |
| title | Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | chronic conditions and health literacy in brazilian community dwelling older people a cross sectional study |
| topic | Aging Brazil community-dwelling health literacy |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28355245.2025.2465310 |
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