The fear of COVID-19, health literacy and levels of compliance with prevention measures of adult individuals in Turkey.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI:10.3855/jidc.19416

Gülhan Yiğitalp

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Abstract

Introduction: It is known that health literacy and fear of COVID-19 are effective in complying with COVID-19 prevention measures. A limited number of studies have shown the relationship between health literacy, fear of COVID-19, and compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures. The purpose of this study is to investigate the fear of COVID-19, health literacy, compliance levels with prevention measures of adult individuals and influential factors.

Methodology: The cross-sectional study used an online questionnaire and was conducted with 1018 adults aged 18-64 in Turkey between 01-31 December 2020. The convenience sampling method was used to determine the sample. Student t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and multiple linear regression were used.

Results: Half of the participants (49.9%) had inadequate and problematic-limited health literacy (HL). Adults` compliance with measures during the COVID-19 pandemic and some sociodemographic characteristics had a significant relationship with HL and fear of COVID-19 (p < 0.05). It was determined that those with high HL and those afraid of COVID-19 paid more attention to precautions (p < 0.05). Health literacy was a predictor of fear of COVID-19 (β = -0.091; p < 0.001).

Conclusions: Governments need to invest in increasing health literacy.

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土耳其成年人对 COVID-19、健康知识和预防措施遵守水平的恐惧。

导言：众所周知，健康素养和对 COVID-19 的恐惧能有效促进人们遵守 COVID-19 预防措施。有限的几项研究显示了健康素养、对 COVID-19 的恐惧和对 COVID-19 预防措施的依从性之间的关系。本研究旨在调查成年个体对 COVID-19 的恐惧、健康素养、对预防措施的遵从程度以及影响因素：这项横断面研究采用在线问卷调查法，在 2020 年 12 月 1-31 日期间对土耳其 1018 名 18-64 岁的成年人进行了调查。研究采用方便抽样法确定样本。研究采用了学生 t 检验、方差分析、相关性分析和多元线性回归分析：半数参与者（49.9%）的健康素养（HL）不足或有限。成人在 COVID-19 大流行期间的措施遵守情况和一些社会人口特征与健康素养和对 COVID-19 的恐惧有显著关系（p < 0.05）。结果表明，HL 高的人和害怕 COVID-19 的人更重视预防措施（p < 0.05）。健康素养可预测对 COVID-19 的恐惧程度（β = -0.091; p < 0.001）：结论：政府需要在提高健康素养方面进行投资。

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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries INFECTIOUS DISEASES-

CiteScore

3.70

自引率

5.30%

发文量

239

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (JIDC) is an international journal, intended for the publication of scientific articles from Developing Countries by scientists from Developing Countries. JIDC is an independent, on-line publication with an international editorial board. JIDC is open access with no cost to view or download articles and reasonable cost for publication of research artcles, making JIDC easily availiable to scientists from resource restricted regions.