| Abstract [eng] |
Relations Between Health Literacy and Lifestyle Characteristics among Healthy Young Adults and Young Adults with Chronic Disease There are many studies on health literacy and lifestyle behavior, but usually the conection is measured between health literacy and some aspects of one's lifestyle among healthy people. The aim of our study is to identify the connection between the health literacy and lifestyle behavior among young adults and young adults with chronic disease. A number of 339 in total paricipated in this research, of whom 58 with any chronic disease. The age range varied between 18 and 29 years old (260 women and 79 men). The survey was conducted online by creating an online questionnaire. A special questionnaire was developed for the study to measure lifestyle behavior. Health litreacy was measured by using Health Literacy Measures for Adolescents (HELMA) developed by Ghanbari, Ramezankhani, Montazeri and Mehrabi (2016). After collecting the data, correlation conections, distribution frequencies, predictive factors, and mean comparisons were calculated. In the sample of healthy young adults, has been found health literacy connection with some lifestyle features and subjective health. In a sample of young adults with chronic disease, health literacy relates to the rejection of several harmful eating habits. However, health literacy does not predict lifestyle behavior in both samples. Comparing the lifestyle characteristics and health literacy of healthy young adults and those with chronic disease, differences between some eating habits and subjective health were found. |
