Health literacy and social support among the middle-aged and elderly hospitalized patients with coronary heart disease in Urumqi
LIU Liu
TIAN Jian-li
ZHANG Hong
LI Yan-fei
CHEN Yan-li
LIU Yong-bing
Abstract：Objective To investigate the status of health literacy and social support among the middle - aged and elderly hospitalized patients with coro-nary heart disease. Methods Totally,190 patients with coronary heart disease in a 3A - level hospital of Urumq city were surveyed with Coronary Heart Disease Health Literacy Questionate,Social Support Scale. Results The score of health literacy score was(74. 83 ± 31. 89),which was at a low level. The social support score was(42. 01 ± 9. 16),which was in a moderate level. The correlation coefficient of health literacy with social support was 0. 684. Conclusion The middle- aged and elderly patients with coronary heart disease show lower health literacy. Their health literacy and social support have positive relationship. It is sugges-ted to pay more attention about the active influence of social support on their health literacy.
Keywords：health literacythe middle - aged and elderlycoronary heart diseasesocial support
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 7-9 )