Evaluating the impact of loneliness and social isolation on health literacy and health-related factors in young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In current study, we aim to extend previous research by investigating the unique impact of loneliness on health literacy and health-related factors of young adults, after controlling for social isolation, depressive symptomology, and social anxiety, as well as evaluate how social isolation and loneliness differ in their impact on health literacy, and health-related factors among young adults, after accounting for abovementioned concomitant variables.

Methods

Using a cross-sectional study design, 521 young adults completed an online survey in 2020, where they self-reported their loneliness, social isolation, health-related factors, and health literacy data.

Results

Increased loneliness was associated with decrease in several health literacy domains (e.g., po

SUBMITTER: Vasan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9911678 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature