Papp-Zipernovszky, Orsolya Csabai, Márta Schulz, Peter J. Varga, János T. 2021-09-03 We set out to measure the health literacy (HL) of COPD patients using the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy (S- TOFHLA), perception-based screening questions (BHLS), and a specific disease knowledge test (COPD-Q). Our main focus is the relationship between functional HL and patients’ disease-knowledge, which contributes to the clarification of the relationship between the different kinds of HL. In two prospective observational studies, 151 COPD patients (80 males, mean age: 62 ± 9 years) completed a questionnaire containing HL measurements, psychological tests (e.g., the Self-Control and Self-Management Scale), and questions regarding subjective health status. Medical data of the patients from the MedSole system were added. The HL scores of the COPD patients were compared to a representative sample using a t-test. Furthermore, correlations of HL with demographic, psychological, and medical variables were calculated within the patient group. The relations among the different HL measurements were tested by chi-square trials. COPD patients had significantly lower HL, as measured by S-TOFHLA. Younger and higher educated patients possessed higher S-TOFHLA scores. Unlike the demographic variables, general self-management showed significant correlations with both BHLS and with COPD-Q. Out of the medical variables, objective health status was associated with BHLS and COPD-Q. Neither BHLS nor S-TOFHLA had a correlation with COPD-Q, but they correlated with each other. We found S-TOFHLA to be a better tool in the medical context. There is a clear gap between self-perceived/functional HL and the necessary disease knowledge. Rehabilitation care for patients with lower HL was more advantageous. application/pdf https://localhost:5000/ark:/12658/srd1319312 https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/319312 https://susi.usi.ch/documents/319312/files/Schulz_jcm_2021.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/jcm10173990 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/ark/12658/srd1319312 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC BY Journal of clinical medicine / Jiménez-García, Rodrigo. - MDPI. - 2021, vol. 10, no. 17, p. 13 Health literacy Self-management Lifestyles Health services utilization info:eu-repo/classification/udc/61 Does health literacy reinforce disease knowledge gain? : a prospective observational study of hungarian COPD patients http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501