Health literacy in people undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse - A pilot study

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F18%3A10383411" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/18:10383411 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/pdfs/knt/2018/04/13.pdf" target="_blank" >https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/pdfs/knt/2018/04/13.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2018.09.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.kontakt.2018.09.003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Health literacy in people undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse - A pilot study

Original language description

The evidence suggests that limited health literacy (HL) may be associated with health risk behaviour such as smoking, alcohol drinking, or substance use. The aim of this study was to examine the level of HL in people undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse and to determine the most problematic domain of HL. The cross-sectional survey included 113 participants from two facilities in Prague (Department of Addictology and Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital). HL was measured using the HLS-EU-Q questionnaire developed by the European Health Literacy Consortium. The mean general health literacy (GHL) score of the sample was 34.1, indicating a sufficient level of HL. However, almost half of the sample showed a limited level of HL. Health promotion was identified as the most problematic domain of HL, with fifty percent of participants having a limited level. Outpatients achieved overall better scores than inpatients, although the difference was not significant. We found no statistical differences between tested variables. The results suggest that the prevalence of limited HL in people undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse is relatively high. Interventions should be carried out to increase the overall level of HL. An adequate level of HL may improve overall health, as well as the treatment outcomes of people addicted to alcohol.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30312 - Substance abuse

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Kontakt

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

"e394"-"e400"

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85054765281