dc.contributor.author | Hagger, Martin S | |
dc.contributor.author | Hardcastle, Sarah J | |
dc.contributor.author | Hu, Miao | |
dc.contributor.author | Kwok, See | |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, Jie | |
dc.contributor.author | Nawawi, Hapizah M | |
dc.contributor.author | Pang, Jing | |
dc.contributor.author | Santos, Raul D | |
dc.contributor.author | Soran, Handrean | |
dc.contributor.author | Su, Ta-Chen | |
dc.contributor.author | Tomlinson, Brian | |
dc.contributor.author | Watts, Gerald F | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T12:39:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T12:39:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2047-4873 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/2047487318766954 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/380166 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: High rates of inadequate health literacy are associated with maladaptive health outcomes in chronic
disease including increased mortality and morbidity rates, poor treatment adherence and poor health. Adequate health
literacy may be an important factor in the effective treatment and management of familial hypercholesterolemia, and may
also be implicated in genetic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia among index cases. The present study examined
the prevalence and predictors of health literacy in familial hypercholesterolemia patients attending clinics in seven
countries.
Design: Cross-sectional survey.
Methods: Consecutive FH patients attending clinics in Australia, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and the UK
completed measures of demographic variables (age, gender, household income and highest education level) and a brief
three-item health literacy scale.
Results: Rates of inadequate health literacy were lowest in the UK (7.0%), Australia (10.0%), Hong Kong (15.7%) and
Taiwan (18.0%) samples, with higher rates in the Brazil (22.0%), Malaysia (25.0%) and China (37.0%) samples. Income was
an independent predictor of health literacy levels, accounting for effects of age. Health literacy was also independently
related to China national group membership.
Conclusions: Findings indicate non-trivial levels of inadequate health literacy in samples of familial hypercholesterolemia
patients. Consistent with previous research in chronic illness, inadequate health literacy is related to income as an index
of health disparities. Chinese familial hypercholesterolemia patients are more likely to have high rates of inadequate
health literacy independent of income. Current findings highlight the imperative of education interventions targeting
familial hypercholesterolemia patients with inadequate health literacy | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 936 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 943 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 9 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | European Journal of Preventive Cardiology | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 25 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 320299 | |
dc.title | Health literacy in familial hypercholesterolemia: A cross-national study | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript (AM) | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Applied Psychology | |
gro.rights.copyright | Martin S Hagger et al, Health literacy in familial hypercholesterolemia: A cross-national study, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2018, Vol. 25(9) 936–943. Copyright 2018 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Hagger, Martin S. | |