Relationship Between Health Literacy and Frequency of Outpatient Healthcare Utilisation among Undergraduate Students at A Public University in Selangor

Ng, Siew Ying (2021) Relationship Between Health Literacy and Frequency of Outpatient Healthcare Utilisation among Undergraduate Students at A Public University in Selangor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background: Health literacy was very crucial for the health outcomes in an individual. University students were at high risk to have unhealthy behaviours and thus having an adequate health literacy level was very crucial for them to have good decision making for their health. Objective: The main objective was to determine the relationship between health literacy and frequency of outpatient healthcare utilisation among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor. Method: A cross-sectional study with a convenient sampling method was used in this study. The data were collected from July to September 2021 and 155 undergraduate students were participated in this study by answering a set of the questionnaire via google forms. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Analysis Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0. Results: Out of 155 participants, 115 (74.2%) of them were female and 40 (25.8%) of them were male. The age of the participants was ranged from 19 to 26 years old. The data showed that 16.1% (n = 25) of the participants were having limited health literacy, 57.4% (n= 89) of the participants were having sufficient health literacy and 26.5% (n = 41) of the participants were having excellent health literacy. The mean for the HLS-M-Q18 index score was 38.91 with a standard deviation of 5.601. The study results showed that there was no significant relationship between health literacy and frequency of outpatient healthcare utilisation among undergraduate students with p = 0.658. Conclusion: This study showed the relationship between health literacy and frequency of outpatient healthcare utilisation among undergraduate students. It also provided baseline data for the university health centre or other university authorities to improve the health literacy among their undergraduate students. Keywords: health literacy, frequency, outpatient healthcare utilisation, undergraduate students

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2023 07:49
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2023 07:49
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1105

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