Health literacy and chronic disease prevalence: age-group differences in Zhejiang, China
The study identified age-related differences in the link between HL and chronic disease. Among middle-aged adults, adequate HL was associated with significantly lower odds of a single chronic condition though not with multimorbidity, while no significant HL-chronic disease association existed in young-older populations. These findings underscore the need for targeted HL interventions tailored to middle-aged populations to mitigate early chronic disease onset.
Authors
- Tingke Xu
- Heni Chen
- Dingming Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8530-0146)
- Chun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-988X)
- Zishuo Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3112-1717)
- Qiuhua Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7520-3966)
- Xiangyang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5015-9478)
- Yue Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1137-0272)
- Yin Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8359-1138)
- Xiujing Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8981-2477)
- Xuehai Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7015-9277)
Institutions
- Fudan University (CN)
- Wenzhou Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (CN)
- Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (CN)
- Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Yuxian People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1602658
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences