Effect of Health Literacy and Patient Activation on Health-Seeking Behaviour: A Cross-Sectional Study in Turkey

IF 3 3区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Health Expectations Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI:10.1111/hex.70052

Mehmet Akif Erişen

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Abstract

Background

The study aimed to investigate the effect of health literacy and patient activation on health-seeking behaviour. In addition, the role of general health status and age variables in this effect was also addressed.

Methods

The research using quantitative methods is cross-sectional. The participant information form, health literacy scale, patient activation scale and health-seeking behaviour scale were used in the study. In addition to descriptive analyses, difference analysis, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were used in the study. The study participants consisted of 1045 adult individuals living in Turkey.

Results

According to the correlation analysis results, it was determined that health literacy and patient activation were significantly positively associated with health-seeking behaviour. According to multiple linear regression analysis, the independent variables of health literacy, patient activation, age and general health status significantly affected health-seeking behaviour. Accordingly, patient activation and general health status positively affect health-seeking behaviour, while health literacy and age have a negative effect.

Conclusion

To positively improve individuals’ health-seeking behaviours, it is thought that it would be appropriate to focus on individuals whose general health status is not good, who are not actively involved in their treatment, who have high health literacy and who are elderly.

Patient or Public Contribution

Since the research examines the effect of patient activation and health literacy on health-seeking behaviour, it is of great importance for the research that the public and patients are included in the study from the design of the research to the presentation of the findings. The emergence of the study was made possible by the public and patients’ evaluations of the research topics and their participation in the survey.

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健康素养和患者积极性对寻求健康行为的影响：土耳其横断面研究

研究背景本研究旨在探讨健康知识普及和患者积极性对寻求健康行为的影响。此外，还探讨了一般健康状况和年龄变量在这一影响中的作用：研究采用横断面定量方法。研究使用了参与者信息表、健康素养量表、患者激活量表和求医行为量表。除描述性分析外，研究还使用了差异分析、相关分析和多元线性回归分析。研究对象包括 1045 名居住在土耳其的成年人：相关分析结果表明，健康素养和患者积极性与求医行为呈显著正相关。根据多元线性回归分析，健康素养、患者积极性、年龄和一般健康状况这些自变量对寻求健康的行为有显著影响。因此，患者积极性和一般健康状况对寻求健康的行为有积极影响，而健康素养和年龄则有消极影响：结论：为了积极改善个人的求医行为，我们认为应重点关注总体健康状况不佳、未积极参与治疗、健康素养较高和年龄较大的个人：由于本研究探讨的是患者的积极性和健康素养对求医行为的影响，因此，从研究的设计到结果的呈现，公众和患者都参与到研究中来，这对研究具有重要意义。公众和患者对研究课题的评价以及他们对调查的参与使这项研究得以出现。

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Health Expectations 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.20

自引率

9.40%

发文量

251

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Health Expectations promotes critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in health and social care, health policy and health services research including: • Person-centred care and quality improvement • Patients'' participation in decisions about disease prevention and management • Public perceptions of health services • Citizen involvement in health care policy making and priority-setting • Methods for monitoring and evaluating participation • Empowerment and consumerism • Patients'' role in safety and quality • Patient and public role in health services research • Co-production (researchers working with patients and the public) of research, health care and policy Health Expectations is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, review articles and critical commentaries. It includes papers which clarify concepts, develop theories, and critically analyse and evaluate specific policies and practices. The Journal provides an inter-disciplinary and international forum in which researchers (including PPIE researchers) from a range of backgrounds and expertise can present their work to other researchers, policy-makers, health care professionals, managers, patients and consumer advocates.