INFLUENCE OF HEALTH INFORMATION LITERACY ON CLINIC APPOINTMENT ADHERENCE AMONG HIV/AIDS PATIENTS IN FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRES IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
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Background: Regular clinic visits are essential for HIV/AIDS patients to achieve optimal health outcomes. However, low adherence rates remain a challenge. Health information literacy, the ability to access, understand, and utilise health information, might be a key factor influencing clinic appointment adherence.
Objective: This study investigates the influence of health information literacy on clinic appointment adherence among HIV/AIDS patients attending Federal Medical Centres in Southwest Nigeria.
Results: Results revealed that health information literacy (Adj.R2 = 0.91, F (1, 298) = 2924.13, p < 0.05) had a significant influence on clinic appointment adherence. Health information literacy indicators: Ability to access health information (β = 0.47, t(294) = 22.25, p < 0.05), ability to process health information (β = 0.38, t(294) = 15.05, p < 0.05), ability to understand health information (β = 0.19, t(294) = 9.96, p < 0.05), and ability to use health information (β = 0.16, t(294) = 6.87, p < 0.05) had a significant influence on clinic appointment adherence.
Conclusions: This study concluded that health information literacy enhanced clinic appointment adherence by HIV/AIDS patients in Federal Medical Centres in Southwest Nigeria. The study recommended that healthcare providers provide reminder calls and text messages to patients before their appointments to help them remember them.
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