Katharine Barnard|P.J. Dyson|Julia Sinclair|Julia Lawton|Denis Anthony|Marcus M. Cranston|Richard Holt
Alcohol health literacy in young adults with Type 1 diabetes and its impact on diabetes management
University of Southampton|Churchill Hospital|Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism|University of Oxford|University of Southampton|University of Edinburgh|University of Leeds|University of Southampton|University of Southampton
abstract aims investigate knowledge alcohol carbohydrate content commonly consumed alcoholic drinks among young adults type 1 diabetes explore alcohol consumption identifying diabetes selfmanagement strategies used minimize alcoholassociated risk method conducted openaccess multiplechoice web survey investigate knowledge alcohol carbohydrate content typical alcoholic drinks using images respondents survey also recorded current alcohol consumption diabetes selfmanagement strategies drinking results total 547 people aged 1830 years responded survey 341 women 192 men mean sd age 245 37 years 365 667 drank alcohol 84 329 women 31 226 men scored higher cutoff score increasedrisk drinking knowledge accuracy alcohol units poor 73 n 40 correctly identified alcohol content six 10 drinks knowledge carbohydrate content also poor respondent correctly identified carbohydrate content six 10 drinks various inconsistent strategies minimize alcoholassociated risk reported conclusions alcohol consumption common among survey respondents knowledge alcohol carbohydrate content poor greater alcoholrelated health literacy required minimize alcoholassociated risk research help develop effective strategies improve health literacy support safe drinking young adults type 1 diabetes