Status and influencing factors of diabetes information acquisition among rural elderly with pre-diabetes in Yiyang City, China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was designed to investigate the status of diabetes information acquisition and its influencing factors among patients, 60 years and older, with pre-diabetes in rural China.

Design

This is a cross-sectional study.

Setting

The survey was conducted in 42 rural communities in Yiyang City, Hunan Province, China.

Participants

A total of 461 elderly with pre-diabetes participated in this study, and 434 of them completed the survey (434/461, 94.1%).

Outcome measures

Information on sociodemographic and diabetic information-seeking behaviours were assessed through the structured questionnaires and described by percentages, mean±SD. The influencing factors of diabetes information acquisition were analysed using multiple linear regression analys

SUBMITTER: Zhu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661561 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature