The Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health literacy became an important competence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite outpatient caregivers being a particularly vulnerable occupational group, their health literacy has hardly been examined yet, especially during the pandemic. Hence, this study aimed to explore this field and provide...

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Autores principales:	Elisabeth Rohwer, Natascha Mojtahedzadeh, Felix Alexander Neumann, Albert Nienhaus, Matthias Augustin, Volker Harth, Birgit-Christiane Zyriax, Stefanie Mache
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	outpatient care ambulatory care health behaviour nutrition physical activity stress Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:176f08bd763b467b81d561361c1d30682021-11-25T17:47:54ZThe Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic10.3390/ijerph1822117431660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/176f08bd763b467b81d561361c1d30682021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11743https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Health literacy became an important competence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite outpatient caregivers being a particularly vulnerable occupational group, their health literacy has hardly been examined yet, especially during the pandemic. Hence, this study aimed to explore this field and provide first empirical insights. Data were collected based on a cross-sectional online survey among 155 outpatient caregivers. In particular, health literacy (HLS-EU-Q16), diet and physical activity, pandemic-related worries, perceived information sufficiency and stress perception were examined. Descriptive and ordinal logistic regression analyses were run to test explorative assumptions. The majority of outpatient caregivers reported high values of health literacy (69% on a sufficient level). Although no significant associations between health literacy and health behaviours or perceived information sufficiency were found, perceived information sufficiency and perceived stress (<i>OR</i> = 3.194; 95% CI: 1.542–6.614), and pandemic-related worries (<i>OR</i> = 3.073; 95% CI: 1.471–6.421; <i>OR</i> = 4.243; 95% CI: 2.027–8.884) seem to be related. Therefore, dissemination of reliable information and resource-building measures to reduce worries may be important parameters for improving outpatient caregivers’ health. Our results provide first explorative insights, representing a starting point for further research. Considering outpatient caregivers’ mobile work setting, they need to be provided with adequate equipment and comprehensible information to ensure physically and mentally healthy working conditions.Elisabeth RohwerNatascha MojtahedzadehFelix Alexander NeumannAlbert NienhausMatthias AugustinVolker HarthBirgit-Christiane ZyriaxStefanie MacheMDPI AGarticleoutpatient careambulatory carehealth behaviournutritionphysical activitystressMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11743, p 11743 (2021)
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spellingShingle	outpatient care ambulatory care health behaviour nutrition physical activity stress Medicine R Elisabeth Rohwer Natascha Mojtahedzadeh Felix Alexander Neumann Albert Nienhaus Matthias Augustin Volker Harth Birgit-Christiane Zyriax Stefanie Mache The Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
description	Health literacy became an important competence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite outpatient caregivers being a particularly vulnerable occupational group, their health literacy has hardly been examined yet, especially during the pandemic. Hence, this study aimed to explore this field and provide first empirical insights. Data were collected based on a cross-sectional online survey among 155 outpatient caregivers. In particular, health literacy (HLS-EU-Q16), diet and physical activity, pandemic-related worries, perceived information sufficiency and stress perception were examined. Descriptive and ordinal logistic regression analyses were run to test explorative assumptions. The majority of outpatient caregivers reported high values of health literacy (69% on a sufficient level). Although no significant associations between health literacy and health behaviours or perceived information sufficiency were found, perceived information sufficiency and perceived stress (<i>OR</i> = 3.194; 95% CI: 1.542–6.614), and pandemic-related worries (<i>OR</i> = 3.073; 95% CI: 1.471–6.421; <i>OR</i> = 4.243; 95% CI: 2.027–8.884) seem to be related. Therefore, dissemination of reliable information and resource-building measures to reduce worries may be important parameters for improving outpatient caregivers’ health. Our results provide first explorative insights, representing a starting point for further research. Considering outpatient caregivers’ mobile work setting, they need to be provided with adequate equipment and comprehensible information to ensure physically and mentally healthy working conditions.
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author	Elisabeth Rohwer Natascha Mojtahedzadeh Felix Alexander Neumann Albert Nienhaus Matthias Augustin Volker Harth Birgit-Christiane Zyriax Stefanie Mache
author_facet	Elisabeth Rohwer Natascha Mojtahedzadeh Felix Alexander Neumann Albert Nienhaus Matthias Augustin Volker Harth Birgit-Christiane Zyriax Stefanie Mache
author_sort	Elisabeth Rohwer
title	The Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short	The Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full	The Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr	The Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed	The Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort	role of health literacy among outpatient caregivers during the covid-19 pandemic
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/176f08bd763b467b81d561361c1d3068
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The Role of Health Literacy among Outpatient Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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