&lt;p&gt;The Relationship Between Health Literacy Level and Self-Care Behaviors in Patients with Diabetes&lt;/p&gt;

RobatSarpooshi, Davood; Mahdizadeh, Mehrsadat; Siuki, Hadi Alizadeh; Haddadi, Mohammad; Robatsarpooshi, Hamid; Peyman, Nooshin

doi:10.2147/prom.s243678

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“…The results can be explained by a fact that self-care activities, such as the frequency of blood glucose testing and the frequency of insulin administration, many times go hand in hand and both are important parts of T2DM therapy. The findings of the study are in line with the previous researches according to which diabetes therapy and self-management can be successful only if patients follow complex treatment plans of diabetes therapy [25,32,68]. In sum, it seems that one of the important key factors for successful diabetes self-care are diabetes numeracy skills which could help patients to cope with the consequences of a chronic illness, increase patients' understanding and awareness of their chronic disease and help facilitate their engagement in diabetes self-management [19,26].…”

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confidence: 87%

Building a House of Skills—A Study of Functional Health Literacy and Numeracy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Hungary

Klinovszky

Papp-Zipernovszky

Buzás

2021

IJERPH

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The purpose of this study is to explore functional health literacy (FHL) and numeracy skills in an insulin-treated, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patient population, and their impact on diabetes self-care activities. A non-experimental, cross-sectional quantitative design was used for this study. The sample consisted of 102 T2DM patients on insulin therapy, including 42 males and 60 females, with a mean age of 64.75 years (SD = 9.180) and an average diabetes duration of 10.76 years (SD = 6.702). Independent variables were sociodemographic variables (e.g., age, educational level, etc.) and diabetes and health-related factors (e.g., duration of diabetes (years), the frequency of blood glucose testing/day, etc.). For this study, the participants completed the reading comprehension exercise from the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy (S-TOFHLA) and the Shortened Version of the Diabetes Numeracy Test (DNT-15), which specifically evaluates the numeracy skills of patients living with diabetes. The associations between the variables were examined with Spearman’s rank correlation. Multivariate regression analysis was performed to examine whether measured FHL skills impact diabetes self-care activities. We found that DNT-15 test (β = 0.174, t(96) = 2.412, p < 0.018) had significant effect on the frequency of blood glucose testing/day. Moreover, the problem areas for patients with T2DM mostly included multi-step calculations according to food label interpretations, and adequate insulin dosage based on current blood glucose levels and carbohydrate intake. The results of regression analyses and Spearman’s rank correlation indicated that limited FHL and diabetes numeracy skills not only influenced the participants’ behaviors related to self-management, but they also affected their health outcomes. Thus, besides the personalization of insulin treatment, it is indispensable to provide more precise information on different types of insulin administration and more refined educational materials based on medical nutrition therapy.

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confidence: 87%

Building a House of Skills—A Study of Functional Health Literacy and Numeracy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Hungary

Klinovszky

Papp-Zipernovszky

Buzás

2021

IJERPH

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“…This finding was consistent with a study conducted in Iran where low health literacy was associated with poor diabetes self-care practices, 84 and the patients with lower health literacy did not adequately understand instructions to perform diabetes self-care. 85 , 86 This lower literacy might be that no best strategy was implemented to enhance patients’ health literacy levels. In addition, there was no well-designed diabetes patients’ education that considers literacy, culture, languages to enhance their literacy levels through multiple strategies, including video-assisted education, which might enhance self-care practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

Barriers to Diabetes Patients’ Self-Care Practices in Eastern Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study from the Health Care Providers Perspective

Letta¹,

Aga²,

Yadeta³

et al. 2021

DMSO

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Background All types of diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, nerves and increase the overall risk of disability and premature death. Diabetes mellitus requires a range of self-care practices, scientifically recommended to control the glycemic level and maintain the patient’s health. However, perceived barriers that hinder patients from fully implementing these diabetes self-care practices and obstacles have not been thoroughly explored. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the barriers to diabetes patients’ self-care practices from the perspective of health care providers in two public hospitals in Harar City, Eastern Ethiopia. Methods Researchers conducted an exploratory qualitative study among 26 health care providers working in two public hospitals from March to June 2021. The study participants were recruited from different disciplines working on diabetes care. Interviews were conducted in the Amharic language until the saturation point was reached. The interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed, and translated to English. Each transcript was read, re-read, and then exported to ATLAS.ti 7 software for coding. Field notes were used to supplement verbatim transcriptions. Initial codes were generated. The consistency between the two coders and their alignment with research questions were checked and applied to all subsequent transcripts after reached on consensus. The thematic analysis was employed in line with the primary set research question. Results Researchers identified barriers to diabetes patients’ self-care practices such as system, health care providers, and patient-level. These barriers were categorized under three main themes: lack of organized diabetes care services, limited collaborative care practices, and perceived lack of knowledge on self-care practices. In addition, the lack of multidisciplinary team care, lack of training for health care providers on diabetes self-care practices, and availability of laboratory tests and diabetes medication were prominent barriers. Conclusion Multi-level barriers to diabetes patients’ self-care practices such as system, health care providers, and patients were identified. Therefore, interventions targeting proper service integration, building providers’ and patients’ capacity on diabetes self-care practices, and ensuring the sustainability of laboratory tests and medication supplies are essential. These interventions need to be accomplished through multi-level stakeholders’ engagement and one-to-one or group interventions covering the multi-level challenges.

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“…However, the relationship between health literacy and health behaviors remains unclear. Although most studies have identified the association between health literacy and health behaviors, such as diabetes management, 22,23 few studies have been conducted on this topic during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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confidence: 99%

Factors Associated with Good COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Among Older Adults in Urban Communities in Thailand

Yodmai

Pechrapa

Kittipichai

et al. 2021

J Prim Care Community Health

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Introduction/Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected mobility and mortality entire age, especially older adults. The COVID-19 preventive behaviors among older adults during the pandemic should be determined. To our knowledge, little is known about the preventive behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults living in urban areas in Thailand and the factors predicted to their behavior. Hence, the present study aimed to assess COVID-19 preventive behaviors among older adults and to identify the associated factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 421 participants aged ≥60 years. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, binary and multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: We found that 321 (72.6%) of the participants had good COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Moreover, 83.4% of the participants had good family support and 58.2% had easy access to health information. Only sufficient income (odds ratio [OR]: 1.76, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.04-2.97), easy access to health services (OR: 3.66, 95% CI: 1.42-9.45) and protective material (OR: 1.98, 95% CI: 1.14-3.45), and good family support (OR: 2.05, 95% CI: 1.10-3.82) were associated with good COVID-19 preventive behaviors. In contrast, health literacy, access to health information, and neighbor and health personnel support were not associated with COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Conclusion: Based on the present results, interdisciplinary healthcare teams should consider social support, and access to healthcare when developing interventions for encouraging and promoting health outcomes in order to improve physical and psychological COVID-19 preventive behaviors, particularly among elderly people living in urban communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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<p>The Relationship Between Health Literacy Level and Self-Care Behaviors in Patients with Diabetes</p>

Cited by 50 publications

References 15 publications

Building a House of Skills—A Study of Functional Health Literacy and Numeracy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Hungary

Building a House of Skills—A Study of Functional Health Literacy and Numeracy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Hungary

Barriers to Diabetes Patients’ Self-Care Practices in Eastern Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study from the Health Care Providers Perspective

Factors Associated with Good COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Among Older Adults in Urban Communities in Thailand

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