Lise Juul|Gill Rowlands|Helle Terkildsen Maindal
Relationships between health literacy, motivation and diet and physical activity in people with type 2 diabetes participating in peer-led support groups
Central Denmark Region|Aarhus University|Aarhus University|Central Denmark Region|Newcastle University|Central Denmark Region|Aarhus University|Steno Diabetes Center
investigate associations health literacy hl diet physical activity motivation diet physical activity danish people type 2 diabeteswe used crosssectional design including 194 individuals type 2 diabetes participating peerled support groups provided danish diabetes association januarydecember 2015 participants completed questionnaire first meeting including summary diabetes selfcare activities sdsca measure treatment selfregulation questionnaire tsrq selfdetermination theory measuring type motivation two hl scales hlseuq16 diabetes health literacy scale ishikawa h data analyzed using linear regression models adjusting age gender educational level diabetes duration motivation hlthe adjusted 95ci showed autonomous motivation functional hl associated following recommended diet autonomous motivation 043 006 080 functional hl 052 002 100 autonomous motivation related following physical activity recommendations 95ci 056 016 096this study indicates people type 2 diabetes functional hl autonomous motivation may important drivers following diet recommendations autonomous motivation may important factor following recommendations regarding physical activity concepts may therefore highly relevant address interventions people type 2 diabetes different interventions suggested