ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1673391
Physical activity health literacy in patients with chronic diseases: A concept analysis
Provisionally accepted
Xiaotian Zhang1
Ruixue Bi1Xinyu Wang1Yuxuan Bu1Xiaoping Liu2
Yu Liu1Ruihong Cui1Yankang Wang1
Hongyan Li1*- 1School of Nursing, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
- 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Aims:Physical activity health literacy plays a positive role in optimizing individuals' physical activity health behaviors and is one of the key abilities for achieving proactive health management.This study is to clarify the concept of physical activity health literacy in patients with chronic diseases. Methods:The Rodgers' evolutionary method of concept analysis was used to identify the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of the concept of " physical activity health literacy " in patients with chronic diseases. Results:Three critical attributes were identified: functional, communicative, and critical physical activity literacy. Antecedents were classified into three categories: disease, cognitive, and social-psychological factors. The consequences include three themes: improving disease symptoms, improving quality of life, and promoting social-psychological health. Conclusion:The findings of this concept analysis contribute to a deeper understanding and clarification of physical activity health literacy.
Keywords: Health Literacy, Health Behavior, physical activity, Concept analysis, Chronic Disease
Received: 25 Jul 2025; Accepted: 09 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhang, Bi, Wang, Bu, Liu, Liu, Cui, Wang and Li. 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: Hongyan Li, janet_lhy@163.com
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