Functional health literacy and glycaemic control in older adults with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the relationship between functional health literacy and glycaemic control in a sample of older patients with type 2 diabetes.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

A government-financed outpatient geriatric clinic in São Paulo, Brazil.

Participants

129 older patients with type 2 diabetes, a mean (SD) age of 75.9 (6.2) years, a mean glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) of 7.2% (1.4), of which 14.7% had no formal education and 82.9% had less than a high-school diploma.

Measures

HbA1c was used as a measure of glycaemic control. Functional health literacy was assessed with the 18-item Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults (SAHLPA-18), a validated instrument to evaluate pronunciation and comprehension of comm

SUBMITTER: Souza JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3927799 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature