Sushila Baral|Sujan Babu Marahatta|Yadu Nath Baral|Rajesh K. Yadav|Srijana Paudel|Pawan Pandeya|Sony Pandey|Nilima Shrestha|Anupama Sharma|Nupur Sharma
Status of Health Literacy and associated factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Nepal
Pokhara University|Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences|Pokhara University|Pokhara University|Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences|Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences|Tribhuvan University|Sukraraj Tropical & Infectious Disease Hospital|Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences|Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences|Tribhuvan University
background diabetes iceberg disease major public health issue nepal prevalence incidence type 2 diabetes occurred globally especially affecting societies economic transition mostly newly industrialized developing countries health literacy become crucial develop skills knowledge person access understand use information understand health determinants make health health care decisions implement healthy behaviorsobjectives study aimed assess health literacy level associated factors among type 2 diabetes patientsmethods communitybased crosssectional study conducted august 2019 january 2020 health literacy level measured using european health survey questionnaire study used spss version 16 received data sets perform statistical analysis univariate logistic regression multivariate logistic regression models carried identify independent factors related health literacyresults study showed majority 863 diabetes patients adequate health literacy gender marital status educational status occupational status hospitalization found statistically significant health literacy marital status aor 018 95 ci 004071 p 0001 educational status aor 706 95 ci 2132336 p 0001 hospitalization aor 838 95 ci 1853792 p 0001 treatment compliance aor 428 95 ci 1571163 p 0001 found predictors health literacyconclusion study findings indicated fourthfifth respondents adequate health literacy health literacy plays vital role prevention management disease government emphasize uplift education level provide health counseling diagnosis treatment