The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Quality of Life, Attitudes and Perceptions of Covid-19 and Vaccination Among Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

María Correa-Rodríguez, Blanca Rueda-Medina, José-Luis Callejas-Rubio, Raquel Ríos-Fernández, Javier de la Hera-Fernández and Norberto Ortego-Centeno

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 6, 981-990

Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate health literacy in patients ( n =395) with systemic autoimmune diseases (SAD) and analyze their relationships with health-related quality of life (HRQoL), attitudes and beliefs about Covid-19 and vaccination, and perceptions of changes in medical care during the pandemic. This study was cross-sectional and the majority (81%) of particpants resided in Spain. An anonymous online survey was distributed to an online SAD association. Health literacy was measured using the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16) and the SF-36 tool was used to assess HRQoL. More than half of patients (57.7%) have inadequate health literacy and the mean health literacy level was 9.63(5.66). Patients with inadequate health literacy levels presented the lowest HRQoL scores in all SF-36 domains ( p  

Keywords: health literacy; health-related quality of life; Covid-19; vaccination; attitudes; systemic autoimmune diseases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738221090558

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