High Prevalence of Problematic Health Literacy and Its Associated Sociodemographic Factors Among Community-Dwelling Individuals in Northern Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Uratcha Sadjapong, Nattapon Harnsamut, Patipat Vongruang, Sakesun Thongtip

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Uratcha SadjapongDepartment of Health Promotion, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-3050-9804

Nattapon HarnsamutDepartment of Software Engineering, School of Information and Communication Technology, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-3958-3509

Patipat VongruangDepartment of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.

Sakesun ThongtipDepartment of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-7318-4213

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Health literacy (HL) is an important factor associated with individuals' capacity to manage their health effectively. This cross-sectional study assessed HL and its associated factors among 327 community-dwelling individuals in Northern Thailand. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using the 47-item European Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47). The participants were predominantly female (59.9%), with a mean age of 59.0 ± 11.7 years. Overall, 60.2% of the participants exhibited problematic HL across all domains. In bivariate analyses, overall HL was significantly associated with sex, age, body mass index (BMI), education, marital status, and hypertension. Age was negatively correlated with overall HL (r = -0.250,

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Health LiteracyAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceSociodemographic FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesThailandhealth disparitieshealth literacyolder adultsrural Thailandsociodemographic factors

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PMID42354283

DOI10.3390/ijerph23060752

PMCPMC13299873

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