Abstract
To assess Functional Health Literacy and the associated sociodemographic, health, information sources and health media factors in older adults with hypertension assisted at the Family Health Strategy. A quantitative cross-sectional study with an exploratory-descriptive approach, carried out with a total of 264 older adults. A sociodemographic and health characterization instrument was used for the data collection, and another one that evaluated the Functional Health Literacy. For the analysis, a descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. Most of the participants in the study had inadequate literacy (59.5% - 157), and the variables education, income, hospital stay and internet as a source of information are related to the averages of Functional Health Literacy. Knowing the Functional Health Literacy of older adults with hypertension and its associated factors can provide subsidies for the planning of health education strategies that, in fact, meet their health needs.
Highlights
The relative growth of chronic conditions, especially Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)(1), is associated with an increase in the older adults population
Older adult who reported not having any hospitalization in the last year had higher scores on the Functional Health Literacy (FHL) than those who did, this result is statistically significant (p=0.036)
Of the older adults with hypertension participating in the study, 25% [66] had adequate literacy, 15.5% [41] marginal literacy and 59.5% [157] inadequate literacy
Summary
The relative growth of chronic conditions, especially Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)(1), is associated with an increase in the older adults population. Hypertension is the noncommunicable disease that most affects the older adults, present in more than 60% of this group It is a multifactorial clinical condition characterized by sustained elevation in blood pressure levels greater than 140 and/or 90mmHg, frequently associated with metabolic disorders, functional and/ or structural changes in target organs. It can be aggravated by other risk factors, such as age, gender, ethnicity, overweight and obesity, salt intake, alcohol, physical inactivity, socioeconomic factors, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus and glucose intolerance[3]
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