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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024

A cross-sectional study of predictive factors of health literacy among rheumatoid arthritis patients in China.

Ting Liu, Weifen Meng, Wenlong Wang, Guomin Sun, Xi Chen, Yan Lu, Weiping Qin, Yan Wang, Lu Zhang, SuHua Zheng

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Ting Liu *Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Weifen Meng *Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Wenlong WangDepartment of Rheumatology, The First People's Hospital of Wenling, Wenling, Zhejiang, China.
Guomin SunDepartment of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Xi ChenDepartment of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yan LuDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Weiping QinDepartment of Rheumatology, Changzhou Community Health Service Center, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Lu ZhangDepartment of Rheumatology, Changzhou Community Health Service Center, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
SuHua ZhengDepartment of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the factors that influence health literacy (HL) among Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and furnish theoretical underpinnings for the development of intervention strategies aimed at enhancing patients' quality of life. Methods: From May 2022 to December 2022, a comprehensive survey was conducted among both outpatients and inpatients diagnosed with (RA) in a tertiary hospital in China. The survey utilized various instruments, including a general information questionnaire, a chronic disease patient health literacy scale, the Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI), the Chinese-translated Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale, the Chinese-translated Rheumatoid Arthritis Stigma Scale, and the Chinese-translated Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology Treatments. Results: The average scores of HL, self-efficacy, medication adherence, and disability index were 83.54 ± 17.43, 84.91 ± 14.37, 70.16 ± 11.24, and 0.26 ± 0.44, respectively. HL in Chinese RA patients was negatively correlated with age, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), number of tender joints, number of swollen joints, and disease activity, while positively correlated with self-efficacy and medication adherence. Age, disease activity, disability index, self-efficacy, and medication adherence are predictive factors of HL, and a predictive model has been initially constructed. Conclusion: In the management of RA, healthcare professionals should develop and implement effective intervention measures by focusing on improving medication adherence, enhancing patients' self-efficacy, improving patients' physical function, and reducing disease activity. This will help enhance the health literacy and promote clinical outcomes in RA patients.

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disability indexhealth literacymedication adherencerheumatoid arthritisself-efficacy

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