Health literacy of adults with and without arterial hypertension

AUTOR(ES)

Borges, Fernanda Moura

FONTE

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

27/06/2019

RESUMO

RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar o nível de letramento em saúde de adultos, com e sem hipertensão, acompanhados em três Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) de Picos, Piauí. Método: Estudo transversal realizado com 357 adultos. Para coleta de dados utilizou-se questionário com variáveis sociodemográficas, e o instrumento Test of Funcional Literacy in Adults para avaliar o letramento. Realizou-se análise descritiva seguida da associação entre letramento e variáveis de exposição com os testes X2 de Pearson e Mann-Whitney. Resultados: Letramento inadequado ou marginal foi encontrado nas três unidades investigadas (71,5%; 77,8% e 85,2%). Foram fatores associados ao letramento inadequado a idade e os anos de estudo nos adultos com hipertensão (p<0,0001). Conclusão: O letramento inadequado foi encontrado em mais de 70% dos hipertensos investigados. Esse achado reforça a necessidade de melhorar as habilidades para o autocuidado dos hipertensos, principalmente naqueles com maior idade e menos anos de estudo.ABSTRACT Objective: Assess the level of health literacy of adults, with and without hypertension, treated in three basic health units (UBS) in Picos, Piauí. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 357 adults. Data were collected using a questionnaire with sociodemographic variables, and literacy was assessed by the Test of Functional Literacy in Adults. Descriptive analysis was performed followed by the association between literacy and exposure variables with Pearson’s chi-squared (X2) test and Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Inadequate or marginal health literacy was found in three units investigated (71.5%; 77.8% and 85.2%);. Age and the years of schooling were factors associated with inadequate literacy in adults with hypertension (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Inadequate literacy was found in more than 70% of the hypertensive patients investigated. This finding reinforces the need to improve the self-care skills of hypertensive patients, especially the older ones and those with few years of schooling.

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