ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effect of self efficacy and coronary heart disease knowledge on health literacy of young and middle-aged patients with coronary heart disease.Methods Investigation was conducted among 500 patients using general questionnaire,chronic health literacy scale,self-efficacy scale and coronary heart disease knowledge questionnaire.Results The score of health literacy for young and middle-aged patients was (97.76± 15.45),and 57％ of the patients had good health literacy.Self-efficacy and coronary heart disease knowledge were positively correlated with health literacy (r=0.301,r=0.309;P＜ 0.05).Multiple regression analysis showed that self-efficacy (β=0.210),coronary heart disease knowledge (β=0.226) were significant factors of health literacy(both P＜0.01).Conclusion The self-efficacy and coronary heart disease knowledge have impact on the health literacy.The more self-efficacy and coronary heart disease knowledge,the higher health literacy.