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ArticleBMC primary care2024

Does health literacy influence health-related lifestyle behaviors among specialists of health management? A cross-sectional study.

Shunsuke Kinoshita, Nobutaka Hirooka, Takeru Kusano, Kohei Saito, Ryutaro Aoyagi

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Article in BMC primary care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07612800 (Tailored Brain Health Insights Through Nurturing Knowledge-based Change - Stakeholder-driven, Human-centered, AI-powered Refinement for Prevention), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07612800 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Tailored Brain Health Insights Through Nurturing Knowledge-based Change - Stakeholder-driven, Human-centered, AI-powered Refinement for Prevention (THINK-SHARP)

TypeinterventionalSponsorAlexandra HospitalRan2026 to 2029Enrolled350ConditionsMCI, DementiaArmsBLAZE (Brain health Lifestyle Action with personaliZed Engagement)
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shunsuke KinoshitaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Japan.
Nobutaka HirookaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Japan. nkaorohi@saitama-med.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-0578-3572
Takeru KusanoDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Japan.
Kohei SaitoDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Japan.
Ryutaro AoyagiDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Japan.
Saitama Medical University · JP

Funding

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, JSPS KAKENHI JP20K19645
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNoncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as health-related lifestyle diseases, are the leading cause of mortality and societal and economic burdens. Poor lifestyle behaviors, which are modifiable to improve health, can cause diseases, including NCDs. Health literacy has been recognized as an important determinant of health, and studies have shown that higher health literacy is associated with better health outcomes and positive health-related behaviors. However, few studies have investigated the association between health literacy and health-related lifestyle behaviors to understand the mechanistic link between them. Thus, this study investigated the extent to which health literacy at different levels influences health-related lifestyle behaviors.

methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among Japanese health management specialists (N = 1,920). Functional, critical, and communicative health literacy were measured. Lifestyle behaviors (exercise, diet and nutrition, sleep, rest, smoking, and alcohol intake), in line with the Japanese National Health Promotion Program, were assessed and calculated into a total cumulative score of health-related lifestyle behaviors. Moreover, we analyzed the associations between the three levels of health literacy and lifestyle behaviors using regression analyses by adjusting for socio-psycho-demographic factors.

resultsMultiple linear regression analyses showed a significant association between the Japanese version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire and total health-related lifestyle scores (standardized β = 0.160, p < 0.001, R

conclusionsA higher level of health literacy is associated with health-related lifestyle behaviors. Health literacy can be a target for interventions to achieve the national goal of lifestyle-related disease prevention and control.

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Health LiteracyCross-Sectional StudiesExerciseHealth BehaviorHumansLife StyleHealth literacyHealth-related lifestyle behaviorNational health promotion

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PMID38245688
PMCPMC10799471
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