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Health Literacy in The Emergency Department: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study

Serdar Özdemir, Hatice Şeyma Akça, Abdullah Algın, Kamil Kokulu
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Aim
In this study, we aimed to determine the health literacy level of the patients admitted to the emergency department with green triage code and discuss this in the light of current literature.
Material method
This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was performed on 285 subjects attending a tertiary hospital emergency department with green triage codes through convenience sampling method in 2019. Turkey Health Literacy Scale-32 was used to collect data.
Results
One hundred two participants aged 18-83 years were included in the study. Health literacy indexes of the participants ranged between 11.67 and 48.44 and the mean value was calculated as 30.9 (poor). The health literacy index of 59 (57.9%) participants was considered to be poor.
Conclusion
In our study, health literacy levels of patients who applied to emergency department with green triage code were found to be poor. More attention to health promotion programs and health education is needed.

Keywords: Emergency Department, Health literacy, Health knowledge, Patient education


Serdar Özdemir, Hatice Şeyma Akça, Abdullah Algın, Kamil Kokulu. Health Literacy in The Emergency Department: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study. . 9999; 0: 0-0

Corresponding Author: Serdar Özdemir, Türkiye


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