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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
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耳鼻喉科患者群体中的健康素养
Elysia Grose1, Silkan Bains1, Yvonne Chan1
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
概括
耳鼻喉科 - 头部外科 (OHNS) 诊所的很大一部分患者表现出不充分的健康素养. 语言,种族和收入等因素影响患者理解健康信息的能力.
科学领域:
- 健康科学 卫生科学 卫生科学
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 健康素养对于个人获得,理解和有效利用健康信息至关重要.
- 在耳鼻喉科 - 头部外科 (OHNS) 等专门诊所评估健康素养对于患者护理至关重要.
- 社会人口统计学因素可能会影响健康素养水平,影响健康结果.
研究的目的:
- 评估第三级保健OHNS诊所中成年患者的健康素养.
- 调查患者的社会人口统计信息与他们的健康素养水平之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 一项前性,横截面研究在第三级护理OHNS诊所进行.
- 218名新的成年患者填写了社会人口统计问卷和BRIEF健康素养查工具.
- 两变量和多变量分析确定了社会人口统计学变量与健康素养之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 在BRIEF工具上的平均得分为17.0 (±3.6),其中17+表明了足够的健康素养.
- 大约33%的参与者表现出不充分的健康素养.
- 非母语英语的人,种族少数群体,移民和收入较低的个人更有可能有不良的健康素养.
结论:
- 在OHNS诊所的大量患者拥有不充分的健康素养.
- 社会经济因素,包括语言,种族,移民身份和收入,是较低健康素养的重要预测因素.
- 进一步的研究应侧重于制定有针对性的干预措施,以提高OHNS患者的健康素养.
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