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Scientific reports
properly understanding health information people type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm basis better risk factor management also positively affects quality life aim study investigate diabetes health literacy hl selfefficacy selfcare behaviors associated glycemic control among older adults t2dm northern thai communities crosssectional study conducted among 414 older adults age 60 diagnosed t2dm study conducted phayao province january may 2022 simple random sampling patient list java health center information system program used questionnaires used collect data diabetes hl selfefficacy selfcare behaviors blood samples tested estimated glomerular filtration rate egfr glycemic controls fasting blood sugar fbs glycated hemoglobin hba1c mean age participants 671 years fbs mean sd 1085 295 mgdl hba1c mean sd 66 12 levels found abnormal 505 126 mgdl 174 65 subjects respectively strong correlation hl selfefficacy r 078 hl selfcare behaviors r 076 selfefficacy selfcare behaviors r 084 egfr significantly correlated diabetes hl r 023 selfefficacy r 014 selfcare behaviors r 016 hba1c r 016 scores linear regression adjusting sex age education dm duration smoking drinking alcohol showed fbs level inversely associated diabetes hl beta 021 r2 110 selfefficacy beta 043 r2 222 selfcare behavior beta 035 r2 178 whereas hba1c level negatively associated diabetes hl beta 052 r2 238 selfefficacy beta 039 r2 191 selfcare behavior beta 042 r2 207 diabetes hl related selfefficacy selfcare behaviors elderly t2dm patients shown influence health including glycemic control findings suggest implementing hl programs build competence selfefficacy expectations important contributing improvements diabetes preventive care behaviors hba1c control