Health Literacy Among People at Risk or with Type 2 Diabetes in Norwegian Primary Care-A Cross Sectional Study

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2024 Oct 24

PMID 39446869

Authors

Silje Therese Vagenes

Marit Graue

Jannicke Igland

Beate-Christin Hope Kolltveit

Hilde Kristin Refvik Riise

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Abstract

Aims: This study aims to describe health literacy for people at risk of type 2 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes using the HLS-EU-Q12, and further examine the association between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, well-being, overall health and quality of life, and health literacy.

Material And Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study among 142 people at risk of type 2 diabetes and 75 people with type 2 diabetes from four primary care clinics in Norway. These data are baseline data from a randomized controlled trial which seeks to evaluate an interprofessional follow-up intervention. Multiple regression analysis was applied to explore associations to health literacy.

Results: Inadequate health literacy (sum score <33) was found among 30.2% of people at risk of type 2 diabetes and among 25.7% of people with type 2 diabetes. For people at risk of type 2 diabetes, higher level of education was significantly associated with higher health literacy. Better well-being and quality of life was significantly associated with higher health literacy for both groups.

Conclusions: The primary health care services should pay greater attention to assessing HL, well-being, and quality of life to facilitate the identification of people at risk of type 2 diabetes with insufficient self- management strategies to prevent or delay the development of manifest disease and its complications.

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