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September 12, 2025

Health literacy and nutritional self-efficacy in older adults: the chain- mediating role of perceived social support and positive mental health

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ZPZheng PeiSCSuyan ChenZZZhenxiang Zhang

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Survey assesses health literacy’s role on nutritional self-efficacy in older adults, indicating social support and mental health implications.

Key Points

  • Nutritional self-efficacy in older adults showed a significant correlation with health literacy and social support.
  • The mediation analysis revealed that perceived social support and positive mental health mediate the relationship between health literacy and nutritional self-efficacy.
  • A total of 265 older adults participated, providing data through multiple validated assessments to explore these relationships.
  • Enhancing health literacy could improve nutritional self-efficacy, highlighting the importance of social support structures for older individuals.

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Pei et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d43b09713b0b5dfea7b239https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7113698/v1
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