Study of Health Literacy of Older Person, Bangkok Metropolis
Keywords:
Health literacy, Social participation, social supportAbstract
The purpose of this descriptive exploratory research were to study a level of health literacy in older person in Bangkok metropolis and to study the relationships between health literacy and gender, age, income, education level, social participation and social support of older persons in Bangkok Metropolis. Four hundred and twenty older persons of Ratchathewi, Bang Phlat and Taling Chan District of Bangkok with 60 years old and above.These instruments were tested for their content validity by a panel of experts. The reliabilities of these questionaires were .870 (Health literacy questionnaire), .874 (Modified Social Participation Questionnaire) and .894 (social support questionnaire). Data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’ s product moment correlation, and Chi-square test The result revealed The health literacy of older persons in Bangkok Metropolis was in basic functional level.Gender, age, income, social participation and social support were found to be correlated with health literacy with statistical significance at .05. (r = .004, -.223, .215, .480, .432 respectively). Older persons with difference education levels had no differences in terms of health literacy with statistical significance at .05.
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