Assessing Health Literacy of Elderly with Chronic Diseases during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Makassar City, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Dunia Keperawatan: Jurnal Keperawatan dan Kesehatan

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Bahtiar Bahtiar
Wiwi Saputri
Roastika Salenda Paseleng
Muh Akbar
Restu Abady

Abstract

The elderly are vulnerable to experience health problems and physical deterioration characterized by high
rates of chronic diseases among the elderly. Health literacy ability becomes crucial for the elderly with
chronic diseases to treat and maintain their health. This study was aimed to describe the literacy levels of the
elderly with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Makassar. The method of study was a
descriptive survey with a cross-sectional study. The research population is elderly with chronic diseases in
Makassar city, and the samples are 124 elderly with age ≥60 years old and suffering chronic diseases more
than six months in two selected sub-district. The research was conducted a cross-sectional survey, and
descriptive univariate data analysis was used. The instrument was used Indonesia's health literacy shortform survey questionnaire (HLS-EU-SQ10-IDN). The result of this study reveals that the health literacy
levels vary: insufficient criteria by 33.99%, problematic criteria by 49.2%, sufficient criteria by 16.1%, and
perfect criteria by 0.8%. The results prove that the health literacy level of the elderly with chronic diseases is
insufficient. This study concluded that the dominant level of the health literacy of the elderly with chronic
diseases is inadequate and problematic. Health education program to improve their literacy is necessarily
improved during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Bahtiar B, Saputri W, Paseleng RS, Akbar M, Abady R. Assessing Health Literacy of Elderly with Chronic Diseases during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Makassar City, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. jdk [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 14 [cited 2026 Oct. 1];9(1):113-20. Available from: https://jdk.ulm.ac.id/index.php/jdk/article/view/324

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