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Health literacy and self-efficacy of the elderly with diabetes

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Abstract

Aim

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health literacy and self-efficacy in the elderly with diabetes.

Method

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 375 diabetic elderly members from a diabetes association, in Iran. Self-efficacy and health literacy questionnaires were used. The Pearson test was used to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and health literacy and linear regression was used to predict self-efficacy by health literacy.

Results

Elderly men and women with diabetes showed a significant difference in terms of health literacy (P = 0.003). People over the age of 70 had a lower level of literacy (P < 0.05). The highest and lowest self-efficacy in the elderly patients were related to taking medications (89.75 ± 17.56) and physical activity (71.38 ± 24.40), respectively. The results of stepwise linear regression showed that health literacy is a predictor of self-efficacy in the diabetic elderly (r2 = 0.55, P < 0.001).

Conclusion

Health literacy is directly related to self-efficacy in older people with diabetes.

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Acknowledgements

This study is the result of a research that was carried out in the Babol Diabetes Association with the approval of the ethics (ID IR.SHAHED.REC.1399.096) of Shahed University. The researchers appreciate the president and all the staff of Babol diabetes association who had a sincere cooperation.

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    Abdollah Goli Roshan, Seyedeh Navabeh Hosseinkhani & Reza Norouzadeh

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Roshan, A.G., Hosseinkhani, S.N. & Norouzadeh, R. Health literacy and self-efficacy of the elderly with diabetes. J Diabetes Metab Disord 22, 611–617 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-023-01181-w

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