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KMID : 0928020180220020011
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Nursing and Innovation
2018 Volume.22 No. 2 p.11 ~ p.25
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Influences of Health literacy and Diet Habit on Healthy Eating Practice among female caregivers of adult hospitalized patients
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Ahn Suk-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to explore influences of health literacy and diet habit on healthy diet practice among female caregivers of adult hospitalized patients.
Method: Using a cross-sectional survey design, 191 female caregivers were recruited from 5 hospitals via convenience sampling. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaire. Health literacy was measured by Newest Vital Sign (NVS). Diet habit was measured with use of nutritional label, belief between nutrient and illness relationship, awareness on importance of healthy eating, and healthy eating practice.
Results: Mean age of the subjects were 47.1 years old (SD=10.5) and 46% graduated college and above, and most of them (68%) were wife of adult patients. Correction rates for NVS to measure health literacy was wide ranged from 44% to 77%, and only 31% of women read nutritional label. Health literacy was positively related to use of nutritional label, belief between nutrient and illness relationship, and healthy eating. Women’s healthy eating practice was explained by education and awareness on importance of health eating.
Conclusion: Female caregivers reported inadequate health literacy but believed illness and nutrients were highly related. Nursing education and counseling for healthy diet habit may help promoting to female caregivers and
their family health.
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KEYWORD
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health literacy, food choice, female, caregivers
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