Letramento em saúde em portadores de doenças crônicas usuários das redes sociais digitais

Abstract

Health literacy is defined as the individual's ability to obtain, process, interpret health-related information and determine it in practice. Objective: to identify the level of health literacy of users of digital social networks and compare people with and without chronic non communicable diseases, relating to an age group and gender. Methodology: the survey conducted in the online environment, to obtain sociodemographic data and application of the Health Literacy Assessment instrument (p-HLAT-8). Results: a lower level of health literacy was identified for the group of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases, women and older people. Conclusion: Although the results found clearly show the difference in the level of health literacy of patients with and without CNCDs, because of CNCDs it is a multifactorial disease, there is a need for future studies that identify interdisciplinarity to promote public policies for the health of this population.