The Associations Among Health-Promoting Lifestyle, eHealth Literacy, and Cognitive Health in Older Chinese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Shao-Jie Li¹  Hui-Lan Xu¹  Guang-Hui Cui²  Yong-Tian Yin³ 

[1] Department of Social Medicine and Health Service Management, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China;School of Acupuncture and Tuina, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China;School of Nursing, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China;

关键词: health-promoting lifestyles;    eHealth literacy;    cognitive health;    older adults;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17072263

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Healthy lifestyles and health literacy are strongly associated with cognitive health in older adults, however, it is unclear whether this relationship can be generalized to health-promoting lifestyles and eHealth literacy. To date, no research has examined the interactive effect of health-promoting lifestyles and eHealth literacy on cognitive health. Objective: To examine the associations among health-promoting lifestyles, eHealth literacy, and cognitive health in older adults. Methods: Using a stratified cluster sampling method, we conducted a survey with older adults in four districts and two counties in Jinan (China). Older adults (n = 1201; age ≥ 60 years) completed our survey. We assessed health-promoting lifestyles, eHealth literacy, and cognitive health, and collected participants’ sociodemographic information. Results: Health-promoting lifestyles and eHealth literacy were significantly and positively associated with cognitive health (both p < 0.01). In addition, eHealth literacy was positively associated with health-promoting lifestyles. Moreover, the interaction of health-promoting lifestyle and eHealth literacy negatively predicted cognitive health (β = −0.465, p < 0.01). Conclusions: Health-promoting lifestyles and eHealth literacy were associated with the cognitive health of Chinese older adults, both independently and interactively. Further, eHealth literacy was associated with health-promoting lifestyles in older adults. Therefore, interventions regarding healthy lifestyles and eHealth literacy would benefit older adults.

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