心不全患者の健康に関する知識とアウトカム
Pamela N Peterson1, Susan M Shetterly, Christina L Clarke
1Division of Cardiology, Denver Health Medical Center, Mail Code 0960, 777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, USA. pamela.peterson@ucdenver.edu
JAMA
|April 28, 2011
まとめ
心不全患者における低レベルの健康知識は,死亡率の増加と関連しています. この研究では,健康に関する知識の不足と,心不全患者の死亡率の高さとの間に有意な関連性があることが判明しました.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 医療リテラシー研究 医療リテラシー研究
背景:
- 心不全 (HF) は,重要な患者の自己管理と頻繁なヘルスケア相互作用を必要とします.
- HF患者のアウトカムに対する低健康識字の影響は,大部分が特徴づけられていないままです.
研究 の 目的:
- 健康に関する識字率が低いことと,心不全の患者における全因死亡率と入院率との関連性を調査する.
主な方法:
- カイザー・パーメンテント・コロラド (2001-2008) の心不全の外科医を対象に,遡及的なコホート研究が行われました.
- 健康に関する識字は,3つのスクリーニング質問を使用して評価され,適切なまたは低いとして分類されました.
- あらゆる原因による死亡率と入院率は,平均1.2年間追跡された.
主要な成果:
- 1494人の被験者のうち17.5%が健康に関する知識が低い.
- 健康に関する識字率の低さは,あらゆる原因による死亡リスクのほぼ2倍増加と独立して関連していました (調整された危険比率1.97;P = .001).
- 健康に関する識字率の低さと全原因の入院との間に有意な関連性が見つかりませんでした (調整された危険比率,1.05;P = .73).
結論:
- 健康に関する識字率の低下は,心不全患者の全因死亡率の増加の重要な独立した予測因子である.
- これらの発見は,心不全などの慢性疾患の管理において,健康に関する識字が果たす重要な役割を強調しています.
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