Relationship of Health Literacy and Lifestyle in Veterans and Non- Veterans Families

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health literacy and Lifestyle in the families of veterans and families of non-veterans and to assess and compare their lifestyles.

1770 members of the families of veterans and non-veterans from five provinces in Iran were selected through a systematic sampling method to participate in a descriptive cross-sectional study in 2019. Lali, Abedi, and Kajbafchr  Lifestyle Questionnaire (LSQ) and All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale (AAHLS) were used to collect the necessary data. Pearson Correlation and t-test statistics were run using SPSS 24 for the analysis of the data.

There was a positive and significant correlation between health literacy and family lifestyle of veterans and non-veteranschr families (veterans: r= 0.330, p<0.001; non-veterans: r = 0.321, p<0.001). No significant difference was found between the lifestyle mean scores for men and women in the two groups of veterans and non-veterans (P> 0.05).

There is a correlation between health literacy and the lifestyle in veteranschr families and non-veteranschr families while there is no significant difference between the lifestyles in the two groups.