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KMID : 0904520170460010085
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Health and Medical Sociology
2017 Volume.46 No. 1 p.85 ~ p.110
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Factors Influencing on Health Literacy of the Elderly Living Alone and the Elderly Living with Family or Others
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Kim Young-Sun
Kang Eun-Na
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to identify the level of health literacy of the elderly living alone and the elderly living not alone and to examine the factors influencing on health literacy. With those purposes, ‘Dementia Health Literacy Survery’ which was a nationwide representative survey was conducted for community-dwelling older adults aged 60 to 79. Data was selected proportionally according to gender, age, and region. In-home interview were conducted by professional interviewers between July and August 2016. This study analyzed total 526 respondents for final analysis, including 128 older adults living alone and 398 older adults living with family or others. The major findings are as follows. The level of health literacy among the elderly living alone was significantly lower than those living with family or others. Common factors influencing on health literacy were age and education. In addition, a factor affecting the health literacy of the elderly living alone was social support and social participation, whereas a factor influencing the health literacy of the elderly living with others was outpatient medical service use and depression level. This study showed that it is necessary to reflect the differences in households characteristics. when developing programs to enhance the health literacy. Based on the results, implications for improving elderly’s health literacy were suggested.
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KEYWORD
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Health literacy, The elderly living alone, The elderly living with family or others, Social participation
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