ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Primary and Emergency Care Use: The Roles of Health Literacy, Patient Activation, and Sleep Quality in a Latent Profile Analysis.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesHealthcare utilization is a behavioral phenomenon influenced by psychosocial factors. This study took place in South Tyrol, a culturally diverse autonomous province in northern Italy, and aimed to identify latent profiles of primary healthcare users based on health literacy, patient activation, sleep quality, and service use, and to examine the sociodemographic and health-related predictors of profile membership.
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted with a representative adult sample (
resultsAmong the 1645 respondents with complete data, a three-cluster solution showed a good model fit (BIC = 19,518; silhouette = 0.130). The identified profiles included 'Balanced Self-Regulators' (72.8%), 'Struggling Navigators' (25.8%), and 'Hyper-Engaged Users' (1.4%). Sleep quality could be used to differentiate between different levels of service use (
conclusionsThe latent profiling revealed distinct patterns in health care engagement. Behavioral segmentation can inform more tailored and culturally sensitive public health interventions in diverse settings such as South Tyrol.
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