Health literacy of inland population in the mitigation phase 3.2. of COVID-19's pandemic in Portugal - a descriptive cohort study
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Background: COVID-19 is a respiratory disease transmitted through respiratory droplets with a high transmission rate. There's still no effective and approved antiretroviral treatment or vaccine, thus, preventive measures are the main key to contain this pandemic. Portugal is now in phase 3.2 of the mitigation of COVID-19, being imperative to understand the health literacy of our country and how to prevent the lack of information, through community empowerment. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study with a cohort from a primary care facility was conducted. We collected demographic and epidemiological data and carried out a questionnaire by phone call. Descriptive statistics and nonparametric tests were used to assess associations between the independent variables and the level of health literacy. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. Results: Our cohort includes 222 subjects (median age: 62 years old), mostly females (131), undergraduate (193) and with at least one risk factor for COVID-19 (144). Globally, younger individuals, females, graduates and the Non-Risk Group appear to have higher levels of health literacy, with some exceptions to this pattern. Conclusions: We observe a well-informed population. However, being a pandemic situation, we intend to identify and correct outliers/misconceptions. This work allows a perspective of the current state/pattern of health literacy as well as its possible predictors. Furthermore, this study makes aware of how relevant the specific communication approaches are. Further studies to understand the predictors of health literacy are necessary. Key-Words: COVID-19, pandemic, SARS-CoV2, Portugal, Health literacy.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.05.11.20098061: (What is this?)
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Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Concerning the other variables, we categorized subjects according to their “Gender” (“Female” and “Male”); Education (“Undergraduate Group” - <4 years of schooling; 4, 6, 9 or 12 years of schooling; “Graduate Group” - Graduate, Master’s Degree and/or Doctorate); “Risk factor(s) for COVID-19 codified by ICP-2” (“Risk Group” - presence - and “Non-risk Group” - absence - as described in “Norma de Orientação Clínica 004/2020” by Direção Geral de Saúde (DGS) such as Chronic … SciScore for 10.1101/2020.05.11.20098061: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Concerning the other variables, we categorized subjects according to their “Gender” (“Female” and “Male”); Education (“Undergraduate Group” - <4 years of schooling; 4, 6, 9 or 12 years of schooling; “Graduate Group” - Graduate, Master’s Degree and/or Doctorate); “Risk factor(s) for COVID-19 codified by ICP-2” (“Risk Group” - presence - and “Non-risk Group” - absence - as described in “Norma de Orientação Clínica 004/2020” by Direção Geral de Saúde (DGS) such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Doctorate)suggested: NoneWe performed the statistical analysis of the collected data using Microsoft Office Excel 2019® Microsoft Office Excelsuggested: (Microsoft Excel, RRID:SCR_016137)(Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, USA) and the SPSS® statistical package (standard version 22.0; SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). SPSS®suggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)SPSSsuggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
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