Health literacy in type 2 diabetic women in Qom province in 2019
<strong>Background and Objective</strong>: Diabetes is a multifactorial disorder and the most common endocrine disorder. One of the important factors in the control and treatment of diabetes is the health literacy of the person with diabetes. Health literacy is defined as the extent to w...
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doaj-493ae549410a4c79978a0286b4b997fd2021-04-02T12:35:29ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesSavād-i Salāmat2476-47282476-47282020-05-0151506010.22038/jhl.2020.46499.110315943Health literacy in type 2 diabetic women in Qom province in 2019Fatemeh sadat Izadkhah0Siamak Mohebi1Ahmad Rahbar2zabihollah Gharlipour3Gholamreza Sharifirad4Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.Department of Public Health, Qom University of Medical sciences, Qom, IranDepartment of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, IranDepartment of social medicine, Qom branch Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran<strong>Background and Objective</strong>: Diabetes is a multifactorial disorder and the most common endocrine disorder. One of the important factors in the control and treatment of diabetes is the health literacy of the person with diabetes. Health literacy is defined as the extent to which one is able to acquire, interpret, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate decisions. This study was conducted to determine the health literacy of women with type 2 diabetes in Qom. <br /><strong>Materials and methods</strong>: This study was a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study of 300 diabetic women in Qom in 2019. Cluster sampling was performed randomly. Adult Functional Health Literacy Questionnaire was used to collect data. The overall health literacy score was calculated from 100. Data were performed using SPSS20 software, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (Anova test, independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient). <br /><strong>results</strong>: The study's findings show that the mean age and standard deviation of participants in the study was 44.4 ± 4.85 years. Computational health literacy was 51 percent of inadequate and borderline, 55 percent in reading comprehension, and overall health literacy was 53 percent of inadequate and borderline. There was a positive and significant relationship between health literacy, marital status, education and occupation, and a negative significant relationship between age and health literacy (r = -0.29, p = 0.00). <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: According to the findings, single, less educated, housewives and older people have lower health literacy. Consequently, these have been taken into account in the planning and measures taken to promote health literacy.http://literacy.mums.ac.ir/article_15943_6e9f3b951e213f5a3847c276fa38c7f6.pdfhealth literacytype 2 diabetesdiabetic women |
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Fatemeh sadat Izadkhah Siamak Mohebi Ahmad Rahbar zabihollah Gharlipour Gholamreza Sharifirad |
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Health literacy in type 2 diabetic women in Qom province in 2019 |
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Health literacy in type 2 diabetic women in Qom province in 2019 |
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Health literacy in type 2 diabetic women in Qom province in 2019 |
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Health literacy in type 2 diabetic women in Qom province in 2019 |
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health literacy in type 2 diabetic women in qom province in 2019 |
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<strong>Background and Objective</strong>: Diabetes is a multifactorial disorder and the most common endocrine disorder. One of the important factors in the control and treatment of diabetes is the health literacy of the person with diabetes. Health literacy is defined as the extent to which one is able to acquire, interpret, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate decisions. This study was conducted to determine the health literacy of women with type 2 diabetes in Qom. <br /><strong>Materials and methods</strong>: This study was a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study of 300 diabetic women in Qom in 2019. Cluster sampling was performed randomly. Adult Functional Health Literacy Questionnaire was used to collect data. The overall health literacy score was calculated from 100. Data were performed using SPSS20 software, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (Anova test, independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient). <br /><strong>results</strong>: The study's findings show that the mean age and standard deviation of participants in the study was 44.4 ± 4.85 years. Computational health literacy was 51 percent of inadequate and borderline, 55 percent in reading comprehension, and overall health literacy was 53 percent of inadequate and borderline. There was a positive and significant relationship between health literacy, marital status, education and occupation, and a negative significant relationship between age and health literacy (r = -0.29, p = 0.00). <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: According to the findings, single, less educated, housewives and older people have lower health literacy. Consequently, these have been taken into account in the planning and measures taken to promote health literacy. |
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