The relation between health literacy, hypertension knowledge, and blood pressure among middle-aged Japanese adults

Shibuya, Akira; Inoue, Ryusuke; Takeda, Yasutaka; Teshima, Takeo; Imai, Yutaka; Kondo, Yoshiaki

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“…The results of path model revealed that health skills, health concept, general knowledge and knowledge of infectious disease had direct effects on health behaviors, which were consistent with findings from previous studies [3], . One study from Japan indicated that individuals with less health skills had a significantly higher rate of smoking, and were more likely to have a history of hypertension [3].…”

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Path Analysis to Identify Factors Influencing Health Skills and Behaviors in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Liu

Fan

et al. 2014

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundStudies conducted in the past mostly rely on models of functional health literacy in adult populations. However, such models do not satisfy the need for health intervention in adolescents. The identification of key factors influencing adolescents' health literacy is essential in developing effective prevention and intervention measures. This study aimed to test a theoretical model of predictors on health skills and health behaviors in adolescents.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in Guangdong using a multi-stage stratified cluster sample design. A representative random sample of 3821 students aged 13–25 years was selected using multi-stage stratified cluster sampling. The path analysis was used to test a hypothesized model of health literacy.ResultsThe path analysis showed that knowledge of infectious disease (β = 0.26), health skills (β = 0.22), health concept (β = 0.20), general health knowledge (β = 0.15), gender (β = 0.12), and school performance (β = 0.06) had positive direct effect on health behaviors in adolescents. The explanatory variables accounted for 43% of the variance in explaining health behaviors. Knowledge of infectious disease (β = 0.30), health concept (β = 0.17), general health knowledge (β = 0.13), and school performance (β = 0.05) had positive indirect effect on health behaviors through the impacts on health skills.ConclusionThis study identified several direct and indirect factors influencing health skills and health behaviors in adolescents. These findings will assist health professionals designing effective health interventions that aim to improve health skills and health behaviors in adolescents.

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“…Previous studies [3], [6], [10], [15]–[21] have given the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics, health knowledge, health skills, health behaviors and health outcomes, they are all theoretical explanations. Few studies have tried to validate them through the use of statistical modeling.…”

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Path Analysis to Identify Factors Influencing Health Skills and Behaviors in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Liu

Fan

et al. 2014

PLoS ONE

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“…Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) definition, a model of HL has been proposed that includes three levels, and assumes both individual and population benefits at each level: functional, communicative, and critical literacy. 9 Individuals with adequate HL are considered likely to adopt healthy lifestyles, 10,11 and a brief questionnaire was developed to easily assess HL. 11,12 However, only a few studies have estimated the association between HL and healthy lifestyle characteristics among Japanese people, [11][12][13] and studies that examine the association among patients with lifestyle related disorders are especially limited.…”

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Analysis of Associations between Health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics among Japanese Outpatients with Lifestyle‐related Disorders

Kudo

Yokokawa

Fukuda

et al. 2016

J of Gen and Family Med

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Background: The skills of individuals to find and apply adequate information needed to make health decisions have been conceptualized as health literacy (HL). However, limited studies have examined the association between HL and healthy lifestyle characteristics among patients with lifestyle related disorders. Journal of General and Family Medicine 2016, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 299-306. Original Articles -299 -health-promoting behaviors based on several aspects of HL. Further studies will be needed to confirm this gender discrepancy.

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“…2 Specifically, those with limited HL often lack medical-related knowledge, 3 use fewer preventive services, 4 are more likely to be hospitalized, 5 and experience worse health-related outcomes. 6 Numeracy is a key, but largely understudied, component of HL.…”

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Brief Health Literacy Screening Items Predict Newest Vital Sign Scores

Stagliano

Wallace

2013

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Background: Numeracy is an important but understudied component of health literacy (HL). The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive ability of established general HL and numeracy screening items in estimating Newest Vital Sign (NVS) scores.Methods: We studied 241 adults attending primary care clinics in the midwestern United States. Demographic items, HL screening questions, and the NVS were administered to patients. To determine the accuracy of HL and numeracy screening items, area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curves were determined for each screening item, using NVS scores as the reference standard.Results

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The relation between health literacy, hypertension knowledge, and blood pressure among middle-aged Japanese adults

Abstract: Lower HL and HK were associated with a poor health status and BP level in middle-aged participants. Further research is needed to examine the role of health management in improving outcomes and to address disparities between individuals with higher and lower HL.

Cited by 38 publications

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Path Analysis to Identify Factors Influencing Health Skills and Behaviors in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Path Analysis to Identify Factors Influencing Health Skills and Behaviors in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Analysis of Associations between Health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics among Japanese Outpatients with Lifestyle‐related Disorders

Brief Health Literacy Screening Items Predict Newest Vital Sign Scores

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