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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Low Health Literacy Is Associated with Poorer Physical and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life in Dialysed Patients.

Ivana Skoumalova, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Jaroslav Rosenberger, Maria Majernikova, Peter Kolarcik, Daniel Klein, Andrea F de Winter, Jitse P van Dijk, Sijmen A Reijneveld

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Ivana SkoumalovaDepartment of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.
Andrea Madarasova GeckovaDepartment of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-2993-3798
Jaroslav RosenbergerDepartment of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-7201-889X
Maria MajernikovaFMC-Dialysis Services Slovakia, Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.
Peter KolarcikDepartment of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-4504-5256
Daniel KleinInstitute of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, P. J. Safarik University, Jesenna 5, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.
Andrea F de WinterGraduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.
Jitse P van DijkGraduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-0225-6811
Sijmen A ReijneveldDepartment of Community & Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1206-7523
University Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Pavol Jozef Šafárik · SK

Funding

Slovak Research and Development Agency APVV-16-0490Slovak Research and Development Agency APVV-17-0568
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important health indicator in chronic diseases like kidney diseases. Health literacy (HL) may strongly affect HRQoL, but evidence is scarce. Therefore, we assessed the associations of HL with HRQoL in dialysed patients. We performed a cross-sectional study in 20 dialysis clinics across Slovakia (n = 542 patients, mean age = 63.6 years, males = 60.7%). We assessed the association of categorised HL (low, moderate, high) with the SF36 physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS) using generalised linear models adjusted for age, gender, education, and comorbidity (Charlson Comorbidity Index, CCI). We found significant associations of HL with PCS and MCS in dialysed patients, adjusted for age, gender, education, and CCI. Low-HL patients had a lower PCS (B = -3.27, 95%-confidence interval, CI: -5.76/-0.79) and MCS (B = -6.05, 95%-CI: -8.82/-3.29) than high-HL patients. Moderate-HL patients had a lower MCS (B = -4.26, 95%-CI: -6.83/-1.69) than high-HL patients. HL is associated with physical and mental HRQoL; this indicates that dialysed patients with lower HL deserve specific attention and tailored care to have their HRQoL increased.

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Health LiteracyQuality of LifeChronic DiseaseComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and Questionnairesdialysed patientshealth literacyhealth-related quality of lifemental component scorephysical component score

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