The Relationship between Quality of Life, Life style and Health Literacy in Ahwaz

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD Student in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran

Abstract

Today, quality of life, lifestyle and health literacy are considered as analytical structures, policy and key elements in policy making and are referred to as indicators of social development. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between quality of life, lifestyle and health literacy of patients in Ahvaz. The theoretical framework was used based on theorists such as Pender, Giddens, Ferguson and Barbara. The research method was descriptive-survey and the statistical population was all patients referred to hospitals in Ahvaz. Statistical sample Using sample power software, 170 patients were selected as the sample size. To collect data, standard questionnaires of quality of life of Montazeri et al. (2006), Walker lifestyle (1997) and health literacy of Montazeri et al. (2014) were used. Data were used for data analysis using SPSS and SmartPLS 3 software. The average scores of the respondents for the variables of quality of life (19.2), lifestyle (56.5) and health literacy (34). Findings showed that according to the path coefficient of 0.120 and the value of t-statistic of 2.615, quality of life has a significant effect on patients' health literacy. Also, the value of the path coefficient of 0.726 and the value of the lifestyle statistic of 17.299 t affect the health literacy of patients. The results also showed that the components of nutrition and responsibility have the greatest impact on health literacy.

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Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)
Volume 16, Issue 3 - Serial Number 63
Vol. 16, No. 3, Spring 2022
June 2022
Pages 202-240

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