Communicative health literacy and associated variables in nine European countries: results from the HLS₁₉ survey.

ABSTRACT: Our study aimed to report on variables associated with communicative health literacy (COM-HL) in European adults. The HLS₁₉ survey was conducted in 2019-2021 including nine countries which measured COM-HL by using a validated questionnaire (HLS₁₉-COM-P-Q6 with a score ranging from 0 to 100). Linear regression models were used to study variables associated with COM-HL globally (multilevel model with random intercepts and slopes and at country level) and in each country. Additional models studied each of the HLS₁₉-COM-P-Q6 items separately. The mean COM-HL score ranged between 62.5 and 76.6 across countries. Among the 18,137 pooled participants, COM-HL was positively associated with age, a higher self-perceived social status, previous training in healthcare,

SUBMITTER: Metanmo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618785 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature