Yonas Getaye Tefera|Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie|Yohannes Kelifa Emiru|Ruth Yilma|Firdos Hafiz|Henok Akalu|Asnakew Achaw Ayele
Diabetic health literacy and its association with glycemic control among adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Ethiopia
University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar
background despite much effect low health literacy diabetic treatment cannot accurate impact controlling blood glucose level less known diabetic health literacy ethiopian diabetic patients affect patient medication adherence selfcare glycemic control objective study aimed assess diabetic health literacy level association glycemic control among adult patients type 2 diabetes mellitus attending outpatient clinic university gondar comprehensive specialized hospital uogcsh northwest ethiopia methods crosssectional study employed outpatient clinic university gondar comprehensive specialized hospital may 1 may 30 2019 comprehensive 15items diabetic health literacy questions 5point likert scale used measure diabetic health literacy mean score calculated switched percentage 5 points 100 determine level diabetic health literacy morisky green levine scale 4 item adherence assessment tool used assess diabetic patients level adherence binary multivariable logistic regression analysis used assess association sociodemographic clinical variables diabeticrelated literacy glycemic control independent samples ttest oneway anova test employed compare mean literacy score difference different groups result 400 respondents included study respondents 173 263 565 low medium high diabeticrelated health literacy respectively proportions patients low medium high adherence medication 98 563 34 respectively patients high diabetes literacy 185 times likely achieve target glycemic control lower diabetic literacy patients 95 ci adjusted odds ratio aor 185109340 patients good adherence 161 times likely achieve target glycemic control patients low adherence 95 ci aor 161104479 diabetic patients morbidity 67 less likelihood achieve target glycemic control 95 ci aor 033015073 conclusion adequate diabetic health literacy better glycemic control highly correlated adjusting variables younger age high diabetic health literacy good adherence associated achieving target glycemic control