scholarly journals The Relationship Between Health Literacy Level and Self-Care Behaviors in Patients with Diabetes

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 11 ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davood RobatSarpooshi ◽  
Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh ◽  
Hadi Alizadeh Siuki ◽  
Mohammad Haddadi ◽  
Hamid Robatsarpooshi ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
pouria tamizkar ◽  
Milad mohammadi ◽  
azita Fathnezhad-kazemi ◽  
somayeh marami ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleda M. H. Chen ◽  
Karen S. Yehle ◽  
Nancy M. Albert ◽  
Kenneth F. Ferraro ◽  
Holly L. Mason ◽  
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Background. Inadequate health literacy may be a barrier to gaining knowledge about heart failure (HF) self-care expectations, strengthening self-efficacy for self-care behaviors, and adhering to self-care behaviors over time.Objective. To examine if health literacy is associated with HF knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-care adherence longitudinally.Methods. Prior to education, newly referred patients at three HF clinics (N=51, age:64.7±13.0years) completed assessments of health literacy, HF knowledge, self-efficacy, and adherence to self-care at baseline, 2, and 4 months. Repeated measures analysis of variance with Bonferroni-adjusted alpha levels was used to test longitudinal outcomes.Results. Health literacy was associated with HF knowledge longitudinally (P<0.001) but was not associated with self-efficacy self-care adherence. In posthoc analyses, participants with inadequate health literacy had less HF knowledge than participants with adequate (P<0.001) but not marginal (P=0.073) health literacy.Conclusions. Adequate health literacy was associated with greater HF knowledge but not self-efficacy or adherence to self-care expectations over time. If nurses understand patients’ health literacy level, they may educate patients using methods that promote understanding of concepts. Since interventions that promote self-efficacy and adherence to self-care were not associated with health literacy level, new approaches must be examined.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vina Putri Patandung ◽  
Kusrini Kadar ◽  
Kadek Ayu Erika

Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease with high level of complexity that requires extensive education and self-care management. The demands on individuals with T2DM are complicated by the fact that self-care often depends on printed educational materials and high health literacy skills. Every individual who needs health information and services also needs health literacy skills to find health information and services, communicating needs, respond to and using the information and obtaining health services, understanding health information, and finding realible health information and services to suit all needs, making the right decision to act. This study aims to determine the level of functional, communicative, and critical health literacy of T2DM patients at Pangolombian and Kakaskasen Public Health Centre of Tomohon City, as well as factors related to the level of health literacy. Method: Quantitative descriptive to describe the level of health literacy and correlation to see factors related to the patient's health literacy level. The sample of this study was a patient of T2DM who followed prolanis, amounted to 34 people, determined by using purposive sampling. Data were obtained by interview and using demographic characteristics questionnaire and Functional, Communicative, and Critical Health Literacy questionnaires. Result: Generally, health literacy level of T2DM patients is still low both for functional, communicative, and critical. This can happen because of various factors but the most related is the low access to health information and patient education level. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that health literacy level of T2DM patient in Tomohon city is still very low. This happened because access to health information is still less obtained by patients and also their education level is still low. These results can be used as recommendations for health workers to pay more attention to how to educate patients who should be adjusted to the level of education so that the information provided can be put to good use by the patient.


Author(s):  
Seçil Özkan ◽  
Hakan Tüzün ◽  
Asiye Uğraş Dikmen ◽  
Nur Baran Aksakal ◽  
Deniz Çalışkan ◽  
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Author(s):  
Aleda M Chen ◽  
Karen S Yehle ◽  
Nancy M Albert ◽  
Kenneth F Ferraro ◽  
Holly L Mason ◽  
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Introduction: Inadequate health literacy may be a barrier during traditional clinic-based heart failure (HF) education. The influence of health literacy on gains over time in knowledge, self-efficacy and self-care is unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine health literacy, knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-care longitudinally in HF. Hypotheses: Patient health literacy level will be associated with differential gains in knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-care after completion of traditional clinic-based education. Methods: First-time patients at 3 HF clinics (N=51, age: 64.7±13.04 years) completed assessments of health literacy (Short-Form Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults), knowledge (HF Knowledge Questionnaire), and self-care/self-efficacy (Self-Care of HF Index v.6) prior to HF education (baseline), 2 months (education completion), and 4 months post-baseline. Repeated measures Analysis of Variance was used to analyze longitudinal associations, and post-hoc tests with Bonferroni-adjusted alpha-levels were used for comparison. Results: Higher health literacy was associated with greater HF knowledge at 2 and 4 months (p<0.001), but there were no associations between health literacy and self-care or self-efficacy. In post-hoc analyses (Figure 1), patients with inadequate health literacy had less knowledge than those with marginal (p=0.024) or adequate (p<0.001) health literacy at 2 months. At 4 months, patients with inadequate health literacy continued to have less knowledge compared to adequate (p<0.001). Conclusions: Health literacy level is associated with attaining and retaining HF knowledge; however, it is not associated with self-care confidence or adherence. Tailoring HF education to health literacy level may aid in grasping concepts taught. It is unknown if a better grasp of concepts would enhance self-care adherence and promote improved health. Future research is needed to more fully understand the consequences of inadequate health literacy on self-care.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-81
Author(s):  
Nasrin Mokhtari ◽  
Afsaneh Nezafati ◽  
Farzaneh Sheikholeslami ◽  
Ehsan Kazemnejad Leili ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Xuemei You ◽  
Yongdong Liu ◽  
Mingming Zhang ◽  
Man Zhang ◽  
Yangli Yu ◽  
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Nowadays, the health level of residents has become the focus of people’s attention. Under the background of the development of health service from “disease-centered” to “health-centered,” it is very important to improve the level of urban health and clarify the factors affecting urban health. Therefore, this paper quantifies the relationship between residents’ health literacy level and environment, average life expectancy, infectious disease mortality, and other indicators by selecting appropriate indicators and establishing a mathematical model. Based on the reciprocal linear combination of the collected index data and the corresponding health level value, the prediction model of social health literacy level (SPM) was established, and the qualitative prediction and quantitative analysis of citizens’ health literacy level were studied in depth. Based on the SPM model, we can roughly predict the level of health literacy in a region only based on the main variables identified in this paper. The consistency of the experiment shows that the model is effective and robust, and it reveals that environmental factors are the most important factors affecting residents’ health literacy level. The actual data show that THE SPM model is a timely and reasonable framework to measure the health literacy level of residents.


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