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Yawen Du1, Xiaokang Wang, Xiaoou Bu
1Author Affiliations: Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (Drs Du, Bu, and Wang); Faculty of Education, Ankang College, Ankang, China (Mr Wang and Dr Wang); Faculty of Teacher Education, Honghe University, Mengzi, China (Dr Hu); and School of Politics and Public Administration, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (Dr Long).
Objectives:
This study aimed to explore the latent profiles of coronavirus-related health literacy among Chinese residents and investigate whether some predictive factors are linked with different latent subgroups of coronavirus-related health literacy.
Design/Setting:
This study was a cross-sectional survey conducted among Chinese residents beginning in April 2020.
Participants:
A total of 1610 Chinese residents aged 15 to 69 years were involved and were asked to complete the questionnaire about coronavirus-related health literacy, demographic information, and COVID-19 pandemic-related information.
Main Outcome Measure:
Examined the latent profiles of coronavirus-related health literacy and explored the influencing factors of different profiles of coronavirus-related health literacy.
Results:
The results showed that there were 3 latent subgroups, namely, high coronavirus-related health literacy (45.53%), medium coronavirus-related health literacy (47.76%), and low coronavirus-related health literacy (6.71%). Logistic regression analysis showed that gender, education, and the frequency of exposure to news about the pandemic could predict group membership.
Conclusions:
Most Chinese residents have medium coronavirus-related health literacy. Education is an important factor that has a long-term stable influence on coronavirus-related health literacy, and the frequency of exposure to news about the pandemic is a factor that can improve coronavirus-related health literacy in a short time.
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