Milad Borji|Masoumeh Otaghi|Zeynab Khodarahmi Afarin Ahmadian
The relationship between health literacy and general health status of patients with type II diabetes
Ilam University|Medical University of Ilam|Ilam University|Medical University of Ilam
individuals low health literacy less aware health status receive fewer preventive servicesfurthermore fewer chronic diseases controlled individualsthis study aimed investigate relationship health literacy general health status patients type ii diabetesin descriptivecorrelational study 250 patients type ii diabetes ilam selected using convenience samplingtools used study test functional health literacy adults tofhla general health questionnaire28 ghq28data analysis conducted using spss software version 20 including ttest two groups variables anova two groups variables correlation analysisthe results showed 80 32 102 408 68 272 patients diabetes inadequate marginal adequate literacy respectivelythe fi ndings also indicated means standard deviations patients health literacy scores 3138 640 terms calculations 3493 745 reading skill 630 1161 generalthere statistically signifi cant relationship health literacy general health status patients p 0001based results revealing average marginal health literacy general health patients study offi cials must conduct research improve health literacy general health patients