Candace D. McNaughton|Rosalynne R Korman|Edmond K. Kabagambe|Seth W. Wright
Health literacy and blood glucose among Guyanese emergency department patients without diagnosed diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University
low health literacy associated worse glycemic control among patients diabetes relationship health literacy blood glucose among patients without diagnosed diabetes particularly resourcelimited settings known emergency department patients risk low health literacy undiagnosed diabetes examined relationships among emergency department patients georgetown public hospital corporation guyanawe conducted crosssectional study across random time blocks may august 2012 among guyanese emergency department patients without diagnosis diabetes health literacy assessed single item literacy screener sils range 15 low health literacy defined sils 3 examined relationships among health literacy random blood glucose rbg pointofcare glycated hemoglobin hba1cof 228 enrolled patients 125 54 female median age 43 years interquartile range 38 53 mean body mass index bmi 256 kgm2 standard deviation 68 kgm2 103 452 low health literacy receiver operating characteristic area curve rbg detect elevated hba1c 48mmolmol 094 95 ci 091097 adjustment age sex bmi ethnicity education odds hba1c 48 mmolmol consistent undiagnosed diabetes rose decreasing health literacy 22 95 ci 1238 p 0007 per point decrease literacythis pilot study guyanese emergency department patients without diagnosed diabetes found low health literacy common associated higher hba1c random blood glucose