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Health literacy across all year levels of a cohort of Australian osteopathy students

Journal: Quality of Life Research Date: 2018/10, 27Pages: S88-S89. doi: Subito , type of study: cohort study

Full text    (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11136-018-1946-9)

Keywords:

Australian osteopathy students [1]
victoria university [2]
health literacy [2]
health care personnel [3]
conference abstract [108]
medical student [419]
cohort study [51]
Australia [151]

Abstract:

Aims: 1. To investigate the health literacy of a cohort of Australian osteopathy students across five-year levels.2. In 2019 to compare the health literacy of Australian osteopathy students completing a newly accredited osteopathy program at the same university. Methods: All students in years 1 to 5 of the 2015 cohort in the osteopathy program at Victoria University were invited to complete a demographic questionnaire and the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ). (Osborne et al. 2013). Results: Responses were received from 314 students (88% response rate). Respondents demonstrated high levels of health literacy across all 9 domains of the HLQ. Age was not correlated with HLQ domain scores. Males demonstrated a lower mean score for the Social support for health domain. 7.5% of respondents reported anxiety/depression and this group demonstrated lower mean scores on the Actively managing my own health domain. 10.6% reported being asthmatic and this group demonstrated higher mean scores for Feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers. 6.3% reported back pain however this group was not significantly different to the non-back pain group. Students who had a health care card were not significantly different to those who didn't. Students with private health insurance had a lower mean score for the Critical appraisal factor compared to those without insurance. Conclusions: This cohort of osteopathy students is largely health literate as measured by their responses to the HLQ. Some differences were noted between those students with particular pathologies. Further research is now being undertaken to evaluate whether health literacy changes over the duration of the 5 year osteopathy program. Evaluating the health literacy of a student cohort can provide useful information to inform curriculum development and improve teaching strategies. A longitudinal study comparing students undertaking 2 different curricular is underway to evaluate the change, if any, in health literacy of students in the 2 programs. Future research may also look at other student populations undertaking health education courses at the same university.


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