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Volume 13, Issue 4 (2025)
Health Educ Health Promot 2025, 13(4): 1001-1006 |
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Received: 2025/09/2 | Accepted: 2025/11/12 | Published: 2025/11/22
Received: 2025/09/2 | Accepted: 2025/11/12 | Published: 2025/11/22
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The relationship between health literacy and quality of life among patients with hypertension. Health Educ Health Promot 2025; 13 (4) :1001-1006
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Introduction: Considering the increasing prevalence of hypertension and the adverse effects of this disease on the quality of life of individuals, and considering the role of health literacy in promoting personal responsibility for maintaining health, the present study aimed to determine the relationship between health literacy and quality of life among patients with high blood pressure.
Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study, 200 patients with hypertension referring to health centers in Qaen in 2024 were selected to participate in the study through one-stage cluster sampling. Data collection instruments included demographic and background characteristics, the short version of the Health Literacy Adult Questionnaire (HELIA-SF), and the Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-12). Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 23 and descriptive statistics and logistic regression test.
Results: The mean and standard deviation of the scores of quality of life and health literacy were 24.589±3.587 out of 48 and 55.37±3.147 out of 100, respectively, and both were at an unfavorable level. The results of logistic regression showed that education level, amount of physical activity per week, and health literacy were effective factors in having a favorable quality of life.
Conclusion: Quality of life was lower among illiterate patients, patients with lower levels of physical activity, and patients with insufficient health literacy. Therefore, it is suggested to pay more attention to such patients in designing educational programs to improve their quality of life.
Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study, 200 patients with hypertension referring to health centers in Qaen in 2024 were selected to participate in the study through one-stage cluster sampling. Data collection instruments included demographic and background characteristics, the short version of the Health Literacy Adult Questionnaire (HELIA-SF), and the Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-12). Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 23 and descriptive statistics and logistic regression test.
Results: The mean and standard deviation of the scores of quality of life and health literacy were 24.589±3.587 out of 48 and 55.37±3.147 out of 100, respectively, and both were at an unfavorable level. The results of logistic regression showed that education level, amount of physical activity per week, and health literacy were effective factors in having a favorable quality of life.
Conclusion: Quality of life was lower among illiterate patients, patients with lower levels of physical activity, and patients with insufficient health literacy. Therefore, it is suggested to pay more attention to such patients in designing educational programs to improve their quality of life.
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