Implications of literacy for health for body mass index
Aten. prim. (Barc., Ed. impr.)
; 46(cong): 180-186, nov. 2014. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: ibc-147528
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Literacy for health (LH) may be considered a set of skills that people appropriate, understand, evaluate and use information and knowledge of health to make informed choices, reduce risks to their health, maintain a healthy nutritional status and enhance quality of life.OBJECTIVES:
To assess the level of literacy for health; analyse the relationship of sociodemographic variables with LH; to classify the Body Mass Index (BMI) and to determine the effect of LH on BMI.DESIGN:
a quantitative study with a descriptive and cross-sectional approach conducted in the centre and north of Portugal. Particnipants a non-probabilistic sample of 508 Portuguese participants with a mean age 44.48 years (SD = 21 years). Measuring instruments LH was assessed by the European Questionnaire on Literacy for Health (LHS-EU-PT) validated in Portuguese by Saboga-Nunes and Sorensen (2013) and BMI classiÀ cation followed the WHO reference accepted by Portugal, DGS (2013).RESULTS:
It was found that overall, 73.62% of the participants have an inappropriate and problematic level of literacy for health; this was significantly lower in women (P = .000). Participants with inadequate LH, are those with higher BMI (x2 = 78.09; P = .000), so are at risk of a sub-optimal state of health.CONCLUSIONS:
The results suggest a signiÀ cant relationship between the LH and BMI. It is found that, the better the LH, the more appropriate is the BMI. This evidence reinforces the importance of promoting literacy for health to the Portuguese populationRESUMEN
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Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Espanha
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Índice de Massa Corporal
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Acesso à Informação
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Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Preferência do paciente
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Aten. prim. (Barc., Ed. impr.)
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/Portugal
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Instituto Politécnico de Viseu/Portugal