title: Comparative Investigation of Health Literacy Level of Cardiovascular Patients Hospitalized in Private and Educational Hospitals of Kerman City, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  literacy involves a complex set of abilities to understand and use symbolic systems of a culture for personal development and social development in a diverse set of skills required as an adult to exercise behavior are considered in society.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate Comparative investigation of health literacy level of cardiovascular patients hospitalized in private and public educational hospitals of Kerman city.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study used survey methods, analytical and cross-sectional manner. Data was collected through questionnaires distributed among 200 patients of cardiovascular-hospitalization took place in the city of Kerman. To analyze the data in the description of the mean, standard deviation and frequency distribution tables and the level of analysis to determine the relationship between gender and marital status of health literacy test or nonparametric test Mann-Whitney T-Test and, for the relationship between group employment and residence, a one-way analysis of variance or Kruskal-Wallis test, to evaluate the relationship between age and income, Pearson and Spearman correlation to investigate the relationship between level of education and health literacy of SPPS software version 21 was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that 10% of patients at educational hospitals in Kerman adequate health literacy, and 48% of patients in private hospitals had adequate health literacy. As a result, there is a significant difference of health literacy between the two types of hospital (p-value <0/0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results showed that most patients had inadequate and border health literacy have been. Health plans, preparation of simple educational system and understanding, spending more time and have a discussion with the lower speed In connection with the patient's doctor and medical staff, Including ways to help patients with low health literacy and improve their health literacy is.
authors.affiliation: Library and Information Science Medicine, School of Management and Medical Information, University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Sajedeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malekzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Library and Information Science Medicine, School of Management and Medical Information, University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azami
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health, University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Moghadameh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirzaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Library and Information Science Medicine, School of Management and Medical Information, University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Motamedi
keywords: cardiovascular patients; educational hospitals; health literacy; hospitalized patients; private hospital