Association of functional health literacy and cognitive ability with self-reported diabetes in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing: a prospective cohort study

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated whether functional health literacy and cognitive ability were associated with self-reported diabetes.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Data were from waves 2 (2004–2005) to 7 (2014–2015) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a cohort study designed to be representative of adults aged 50 years and older living in England.

Participants

8669 ELSA participants (mean age=66.7, SD=9.7) who completed a brief functional health literacy test assessing health-related reading comprehension, and 4 cognitive tests assessing declarative memory, processing speed and executive function at wave 2.

Primary outcome measure

Self-reported doctor diagnosis of diabetes.

Results

Logistic regression was used to e

SUBMITTER: Fawns-Ritchie C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171267 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature