Evaluation of the Relationship Between Nutrition Literacy and Health Literacy in Adults

Kamarlı Altun H., Suna G., Seremet Kürklü N., Karaçil Ermumcu M. Ş., Ateş Z., Akçınar E., ...Daha Fazla

Beslenme ve Diyet Dergisi, cilt.50, sa.2, ss.1-9, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.33076/2022.bdd.1642
  • Dergi Adı: Beslenme ve Diyet Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-9
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: This study aims to determine the relationship between nutrition literacy (NL) and health literacy (HL) of adults. Subjects and Method: This cross-sectional study included 450 individuals aged 18-65 years residing in Antalya. A questionnaire including socio-demographic characteristics, health status, nutritional habits, Turkish Health Literacy Scale-32, and the Evaluation Instrument of Nutrition Literacy on Adults was applied to the subjects by face-to-face interview technique and anthropometric measurements were taken. Results: The mean age of the participants was 34.3±13.14 years. While more than half of them had inadequate (14.2%) and problematic-limited HL (37.6%), 87.3% of them were found to have adequate NL. Mean NL scores of women were found to be significantly higher than men (27.9±2.76; 26.5±3.32, p<0.001, respectively). Most of participants with adequate NL had bachelor/ postgraduate education (p<0.001). Individuals with adequate NL have significantly higher HL levels and scores than those with limited NL (p=0.001 and p<0.001, respectively). A weak positive correlation was found between HL and NL (r=0.262; p<0.05). In the multivariate model, however, subjects with inadequate HL had higher levels of inadequate NL (OR: 2.498; 95% CI: 1.284-4.859; p=0.007) and poor general nutritional knowledge (OR: 1.858; 95% CI: 1.151-2.998; p=0.011). Conclusion: According to the results of our study, it was observed that the HL scale, which was adapted to Turkish to assess HL, was insufficient in assessing NL, since there was a low correlation between NL and HL.