Examining the Health Literacy Level of Individuals Applying to the Ophthalmology Clinic

Examining the Health Literacy Level of Individuals Applying to the Ophthalmology Clinic

Objective: To determine the health literacy (HL) level of the individuals who apply to the ophthalmology clinic. Materials and Methods: Data for our cross-sectional study were obtained through the Adult Health Literacy Scale (AHLS) and descriptive questionnaire. The data were evaluated with SPSS 22 statistical program. The conformity of the data to normal distribution was evaluated with the kolmogorov-simirnov test. It was determined that it fits the normal distribution. In the evaluation of the data, chi-square analysis was used for descriptive analysis and ANOVA was used to compare categorical variables. Values with p

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