Yu-Ling Hsu|Deng?Huang Su|Su?Chen Kuo
Health literacy and depression in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Taipei City Government|Ministry of Health and Welfare|National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science
prevalence diabetes mellitus recently increased taiwan depression common among patients moreover lack health literacy may lead depression study explored correlation health literacy depression diabetic womenin crosssectional study 152 women type 2 diabetes mellitus recruited outpatient clinic regional teaching hospital taiwan data collected medical records selfreported structured questionnaire included items basic attributes selfrated health status center epidemiologic studies depression scale cesd chinese health literacy scale diabetes chlsd results analyzed using descriptive statistical analyses bivariate correlation tests linear regression analysesone hundred thirtyfive valid questionnaires obtained approximately 20 participants higher tendency toward depression per cesd score chlsd results showed 1333 poor health literacy negative correlation health literacy depressive tendencies adjusting selfrated health status economic satisfaction status employment status education level using multivariate linear regression analyses 1point rise chlsd score cesd score decreased 017 points z205 p0042a negative correlation identified health literacy depression selfrated health status economic satisfaction employment status higher education level factors also affect depressive tendency among diabetic women