Health literacy,preventive COVID 19 behaviour and adherence to chronic disease treatment during lockdown among patients registered at primary health facility in urban Jodhpur,Rajasthan |
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Authors: | Vaishali Gautam Dileepan S Neeti Rustagi Ankit Mittal Mehul Patel Shazia Shafi Prasanna Thirunavukkarasu Pankaja Raghav |
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Institution: | Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342005, India |
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Abstract: | Background and aimsPotential role of health literacy in determining adherence to COVID-19 preventive behavior, pharmacological, and lifestyle management among diagnosed patients of chronic diseases during nationwide lockdown is inadequately investigated.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from May–August 2020 among diagnosed patients of chronic diseases residing in a COVID-19 hotspot of urban Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and availing health services from primary care facility. Telephonic interviews of participants were conducted to determine their health literacy using HLS-EU-Q47 questionnaire, adherence to COVID-19 preventive behaviour as per World Health Organization recommendations, and compliance to prescribed pharmacological and physical activity recommendations for chronic disease.ResultsAll the 605 diagnosed patients of chronic diseases availing services from primary care facility were contacted for the study, yielding response rate of 68% with 412 agreeing to participate. Insufficient health literacy was observed for 65.8% participants. Only about half of participants had scored above median for COVID-19 awareness (55.1%) and preventive behavior (45.1%). Health literacy was observed to be significant predictor of COVID-19 awareness aOR: 3.53 (95% CI: 1.81–6.88)]; COVID-19 preventive behavior aOR: 2.06, 95%CI; 1.14–3.69] and compliance to pharmacological management aOR: 3.05; 95% CI: 1.47–6.35] but not for physical activity.ConclusionCOVID-19 awareness, preventive behavior, and compliance to pharmacological management is associated with health literacy among patients of chronic disease availing services from primary health facility. Focusing on health literacy could thus be an essential strategic intervention yielding long term benefits. |
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Keywords: | Health literacy COVID-19 awareness COVID-19 preventive behavior Chronic diseases Adherence Nation-wide lockdown |
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