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Collegium antropologicum, Vol. 48 No. 2, 2024.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.5671/ca.48.2.1

The Relationship between Health Literacy and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Arterial Hypertension

Božica Lovrić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-2762-6439 ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia
Kristijan Matković ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia
Brankica Andromako Matković ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia
Marin Mamić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-0893-7805 ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia
Tihomir Jovanović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-6946 ; College for Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Jelena Tomac Jovanović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-6946 ; College for Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Sabina Cviljević ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia
Mirela Frančina ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia
Goranka Radmilović ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia *
Damir Matoković ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia
Ivan Vukoja ; Požega County General Hospital, Požega, Croatia

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

The aim is to examine health literacy and the quality of life of hospitalized patients with arterial hypertension: whether there are differences with regard to the demographic characteristics of the respondents; whether there is a connection between health literacy and the quality of life of the respondents. For the purposes of this research, a cross-sectional survey was conducted. All adult hospitalized patients at the Požega County General Hospital (OGH) in the period from July to October 2020 were included in the research. The analyzed and validated Croatian version of the functional health literacy test SAHLCA-50 was used as a research instrument. The Croatian version of the SF-36 instrument was used to examine the quality of life. Patients with arterial hypertension (AH) had an inadequate level of health literacy compared to those without AH (32 versus 40 points; Mann–Whitney U test, p < 0.001). The subjects without AH had a significantly better quality of life, median 45.6 (IQR 36.4 to 53.4). Domains of health in respondents with AH are significantly and positively related to health literacy.

Keywords

arterial hypertension, quality of life, health literacy

Hrčak ID:

329692

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/329692

Publication date:

1.7.2024.

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