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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Vogt, Dominique
• Schaeffer, Doris
• Messer, Melanie
• Berens, Eva-Maria
• Hurrelmann, Klaus

Titel

Health literacy in old age: results of a German cross-sectional study

Ist Teil von

• Health promotion international, 2018-10, Vol.33 (5), p.739-747

Ort / Verlag

England: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Health literacy is especially important for older people to maintain or enhance remaining health resources and self-management skills. The aim of the study was to determine the level of health literacy and the association between health literacy, demographic and socio-economic factors in German older adults aged 65 years and above stratified by age group. Health literacy was assessed via computer-assisted personal interviews using HLS-EU-Q47 on a representative sample of the German-speaking population. Descriptive statistics, bivariate analyses and logistic regression modelling stratified by age group were conducted to assess health literacy of 475 respondents aged 65 years and above. Overall, 66.3% of all respondents aged 65 years and above had limited health literacy. Limited health literacy was especially prevalent among respondents above 76 years of age (80.6%). Limited health literacy was associated with financial deprivation (OR: 3.05; 95% CI: 1.99–4.67) and limited functional health literacy (OR: 2.16; 95% CI: 1.29–3.61). Financial deprivation was strongest predictor for limited health literacy in the total sample and stratified by age group. Limited health literacy is a frequent phenomenon in German adults aged 65 years and above. Research on health literacy in old age and the role in health disparities is urgently needed.