Analysis of eHealth literacy and its influencing factors among the elderly / 中华疾病控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the current status and influencing factors associated with the health literacy of the elderly. Methods 24 communities were randomly selected from Jinan City, and 1 201 elderly people were surveyed by the eHealth literacy scale. Univariate analysis was performed using the Chi-square test and multivariate analysis was performed using binary Logistic regression. Results The qualification rate of eHealth literacy among 1 201 older adults was 11.1%. Multivariate analysis showed that primary school education and below (OR=4.50, 95% CI1.924-10.530, P=0.001), family pension (OR=3.08, 95% CI1.326-7.165, P=0.009), poor self-rated health (OR=2.12, 95% CI1.022-4.406, P=0.044), great self-rated life pressure (OR=4.09, 95% CI1.686-9.938, P=0.002) were risk factors for eHealth literacy in the elderly; urban household registration (OR=0.52, 95% CI0.337-0.815, P=0.004), the main person to taking care of grandchildren (OR=0.43, 95% CI0.273-0.682, P<0.001 ), urban basic medical insurance or NCMS medical insurance (OR=0.22, 95% CI0.047-0.998, P=0.05), commercial medical insurance (OR=0.10, 95% CI0.019-0.552, P=0.008) and the parents being alive (OR=0.44, 95% CI0.264-0.719, P=0.001) were protective factors for the elderly eHealth literacy . Conclusion The type of household registration, the level of education, the type of medical insurance, the way of caring for grandchildren, the way of providing for the elderly, the self-rated of health status, with the parents being alive, and the self-rated life pressure are the influencing factors of the eHealth literacy of the elderly.