Determining The Health Literacy Level in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)

A. Tatar, B. Demir
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Health literacy is one of the areas most affected by advances in information technologies. The desperation of states around the world in the COVID-19 epidemic that emerged in early 2020 has increased the importance of the issue further. The problems faced by states in preventing the spread of the epidemic and directing their citizens make it necessary for people to increase their awareness of health issues. In this research, it is aimed to determine the health literacy levels of individuals living in the TRNC. In this context, 32-item health literacy scale (Turkey Health Literacy Scale-32) developed by Okyay, Abacıgil and Hagan (2013) was used. Data from 203 subjects in the study were collected and subjected to analysis. As a result of the analysis of the data, it was determined that the overall score increase for health literacy was 3.71 out of 5 (74 out of 100), the participants were in the "adequate" class in the assessment of health-related information and in the "excellent" class in other dimensions. While the level of health literacy did not differ depending on gender, marital status and the mode of action exhibited in the state of being ill, it was concluded that there was a statistically significant difference depending on the importance given to healthy nutrition and sports/exercise and satisfaction with health services.
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确定北塞浦路斯土耳其共和国的卫生知识普及水平
卫生知识普及是受信息技术进步影响最大的领域之一。世界各国对2020年初出现的COVID-19疫情的绝望进一步增加了这一问题的重要性。各国在预防这一流行病蔓延和指导其公民方面面临的问题使人们有必要提高对健康问题的认识。在这项研究中,它的目的是确定生活在TRNC个人的健康素养水平。本研究采用Okyay、Abacıgil和Hagan(2013)开发的32项健康素养量表(Turkey health literacy scale -32)。本研究收集了203名受试者的数据并进行了分析。对数据进行分析后,确定卫生知识普及的总体得分提高了3.71分(满分为5分),参与者在健康相关信息评估方面属于“适当”级,在其他方面属于“优秀”级。虽然卫生知识普及水平没有因性别、婚姻状况和患病时表现出的行动方式而异,但得出的结论是,根据对健康营养和运动/锻炼的重视程度以及对保健服务的满意度,在统计上存在显著差异。
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