Health literacy levels of pregnant women and related factors

Objective: Our study; ıt was conducted to examine the health literacy levels of pregnant women and related factors. Materials and methods: The research was carried out as an analytical cross-sectional study, between 15 October 2022 and 30 June 2023, at the NST Clinic of Aydın Gynecology and Children's Diseases Hospital. The population of the study consisted of pregnant women who applied to this polyclinic, and the sample consisted of 206 pregnant women. Data; It was collected using the Pregnant Introduction Form and Türkiye Health Literacy Scale-32. In the analysis and evaluation of the data using the SPSS 24.0 program, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and minimum-maximum values were given as descriptive statistics. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to verify the suitability of numerical data for normal distribution. Normally distributed data, student t test, What's that way ANOVA test was evaluated with Bonferroni test as further analysis. Results: The average age of the pregnant women participating in the study was 28.21 ± 5.67 years, and 35% of them attended university. Graduate, 32% have income bringing one at work working, 69.4% earn their income to the expense equivalent aspect perceived has been detected. Pregnant women pregnancy week the average is 32.54±3.89 and 61.7 is the most little two times pregnancy lived, 73.8% of them pregnancy planned is has been found. 85.9% of pregnant women have regular health controls had it built and this during the period, 76.7% of them were regular medicine uses and -most a lot used (42.2%) of the drug is iron preparation is has been seen. Pregnant women's Turkey Health Literacy Scale-32 (TSOY-32) total score average is 34.79±9.98, Treatment and Service sub-dimension average score is 35.32±11.21, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion sub-dimension average score is 34, It was determined as 28±11.22 . According to TSOY-32, pregnant women It was determined that 15.5% had inadequate, 26.2% had problematic-limited, 32.5% had adequate and 25.7% had excellent health literacy rates. Pregnant women and their spouses who are in the 26-34 age group, those who have a high level of education, those who are employed, those who have a civil marriage and social security, those who live in a nuclear family type, those who reside in the city center, those who have a high level of income perception, those who are pregnant for the first time, It was found that the health literacy rates of those who did not have a stillbirth, who used regular medication during pregnancy and who had regular health check-ups were higher (p>0.05). Conclusion: It has been found that the health literacy of pregnant women is at a sufficient level, and it is recommended to plan training to increase the health literacy of pregnant women during the preconception and prenatal periods, taking into account the sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of pregnant women related to their literacy levels. Key Words: Health Literacy, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care