[EDITING] Health literacy of family caregivers of the older adults with dementia due to alzheimer’s

Alfabetización en salud de los cuidadores familiares

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Keywords:

Alzheimer disease, Caregivers, Health literacy, Elderly people

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate, in a population sample, the level of health literacy of family Portuguese caregivers of the older adults with AD-d. Methods: Cross-sectional, exploratory, non-interventional, descriptive and analytical study with a non-random sample of 107 family caregivers of elderly people diagnosed with AD-d followed at the Neurology Service of the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal. The  research was  approved  by  the  Research  Ethics Committee. The following were used: a sociodemographic questionnaire and The Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale. The Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman correlation tests were applied, at a significance level of 5%. Results: The  level of knowledge of caregivers family members about Alzheimer's disease is between 63.3% and 70%. The highest score was found in the “Symptoms” domain (80.6±21.0), and the lowest in the “Being a caregiver” domain (53.8±19.3). Conclusions:  The study highlighted the health literacy gap in the domain of being a caregiver, pointing to the need related to education and training in this domain.

Author Biography

Fabianne Jesus Sousa, Universidade Federal do Para

Published

2025-12-19

How to Cite

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Sousa FJ, do Vale Pereira S, Resende de Oliveira C, Costa I, Oliveiros B, Tábuas Pereira M, et al. [EDITING] Health literacy of family caregivers of the older adults with dementia due to alzheimer’s: Alfabetización en salud de los cuidadores familiares. Rev. enferm. UERJ [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 19 [cited 2026 Feb. 4];33(1):e91168. Available from: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/enfermagemuerj/article/view/91168

Issue

Vol. 33 (2025): In Progress

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Research Articles

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