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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1514968
This article is part of the Research Topic Integrated Strategies for Lifelong Health: Multidimensional Approaches to Aging and Lifestyle Interventions View all 10 articles
A Multidimensional Analysis of Elderly Well-being and Health Literacy in Alentejo: A Cross -Sectional Study
Provisionally accepted
Rute Sofia Sadio 1,2,3*
Adriana Pereira Henriques 1,2,4,5
Paulo Nogueira 1,2,4,5 Andreia Costa 1,2,4,5- 1 Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2 Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Lisbon, Portugal
- 3 ULSAC - Unidade Local de Saúde do Alentejo Central, UCSP Estremoz, Estremoz, Portugal
- 4 Institute of Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- 5 Laboratory for the Sustainability of Land Use and Ecosystem Services – TERRA, Lisbon, Portugal
This article tackles fundamental questions about ageing and the challenges associated with the increase in the elderly population, addressing crucial issues for the promotion of public health and the development of healthy ageing policies. Through a multidimensional analysis of a significant sample of older people, the study highlights issues such as the prevalence of loneliness, the impact of pain and anxiety on quality of life, and low levels of health literacy, which affect the autonomy and health management capacity of older people. These factors are especially relevant in rural areas, where barriers to accessing healthcare and lack of social support can be more pronounced. This contributes to the advancement of community and individual strategies that can improve the well-being of older people in vulnerable regions.
Keywords: Quality of Life, Well-being, functionality, Loneliness, Health Literacy
Received: 21 Oct 2024; Accepted: 04 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Sadio, Henriques, Nogueira and Costa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Rute Sofia Sadio, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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