Abstract
Objective To investigate the status and related factors of health literacy of Korean-Chinese elderly patients with hypertension. Methods Structural interview were conducted among 334 Korean-Chinese elderly patients with hypertension using general condition questionnaire,hypertension-related health literacy evaluation scale,and physiological and biochemical parameter of the subjects including SBp,DBp,height,waist and fasting blood glucose were measured. Results The average score of health literacy was (85.0±71.6),while about two thirds (65.0％) had inadequate health literacy and about one quarter (25.4％)had adequate health literacy.Age and SES entered multiple regression equation of health literacy(Cum.R2=0.347). Conclusions Health literacy of Korean-Chinese elderly patients with hypertension was serious;age and SES were the important factors about health literacy. Key words: Health literacy; Hypertension; Korean-Chinese; Elderly patients; Social economic status
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