Factors related with nursing students’ health literacy: a cross sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Antonio Rodríguez-Calvo¹  José Manuel Granada-López²  Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido³  Ana Cobos-Rincón³  Raúl Juárez-Vela³  Enrique Ramón-Arbués⁴  Vicente Gea-Caballero⁵  Emmanuel Echániz-Serrano⁶  Isabel Antón-Solanas⁶ 

[1] Department of Anesthesia, Complex University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain;Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain;Department of Nursing and Physiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain;GIISA021 Seguridad y Cuidados Investigation Group, Zaragoza, Spain;Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain;Biomedical Research Center of La Rioja, CIBIR, Logroño, Spain;Faculty of Health Sciences, San Jorge University, Villanueva de Gállego, Spain;SAPIENF Investigation Group, Zaragoza, Spain;Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University, Valencia, Spain;Community Health and Care Research Group, SALCOM, Valencia, Spain;SAPIENF Investigation Group, Zaragoza, Spain;Department of Nursing and Physiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain;

关键词: nursing education;    health literacy;    HLS-EU-Q16;    health promotion;    health behavior;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1053016

 received in 2022-09-24, accepted in 2023-04-07,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundNursing professionals have a crucial role in promoting health literacy in health services, so it is necessary to ensure health literacy skills in future health professionals.ObjectiveThe objective of the study was to examine the health literacy of nursing students and its associated factors.MethodsA cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on 460 nursing students. For data collection, a semi-structured questionnaire was obtained on sociodemographic characteristics, perception and health care, use of the health system and lifestyles. In addition, health literacy was assessed using the European Health Literacy Questionnaire.Results6.1% of the participants had an inadequate level of health literacy and 36.5% problematic. The probability of having sufficient health literacy is directly associated with age; and inversely with smoking, prolonged screen time and living alone (p < 0.05).ConclusionA large percentage of nursing students need to improve their health literacy skills. It is necessary to integrate a greater number of contents in health literacy in the curriculum of nursing students.

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