Julien Grosjean, Frank Dufour, Arriel Benis, Jean-Marie Januel, Pascal Staccini, Stéfan Jacques Darmoni
Digital Health Education for the Future: The SaNuRN (Santé Numérique Rouen-Nice) Consortium's Journey
JMIR medical education
health literacy empowerment selfcare activities likely crucial concepts affecting quality life glycemic control people type 2 diabetes t2d however evidence demonstrating mechanisms underlying concepts scarce aim study test serial mediation roles empowerment selfcare activities relationships health literacy quality life health literacy hemoglobin a1c hba1c people t2d crosssectional study conducted among 319 people t2d guangzhou china july 2019 january 2020 data collected using health literacy scale diabetes empowerment scaleshort form summary diabetes selfcare activities measure adjusted diabetesspecific quality life scale rstudio 421 used serial mediation analysis dimension communicative health literacy accounted total variance 0810 p 001 construct health literacy serial multiple mediation empowerment selfcare activities associations health literacy quality life 046 p 019 health literacy hba1c 045 p 005 statistically significant study emphasized vital role communicative health literacy improving health literacy people t2d diabetes care education specialists could implement empowerment approaches flexible selfcare strategies improve quality life glycemic control people t2d enhancing health literacy suggested favorable strategy promoting empowerment selfcare activities people t2d