Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini, Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo, Colby J Vorland, Andrew W Brown, David B Allison
Re-analysis of data from a cluster RCT entitled "health literacy and exercise-focused interventions on clinical measurements in Chinese diabetes patients"
EClinicalMedicine
1 background amidst global rise type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm effective management disease become increasingly important health literacy particularly nonenglish speaking populations plays crucial role management address lack suitable tools arabicspeaking diabetic patients study developed validated jordanian diabetic health literacy questionnaire jdhlq 2 methods sample 400 diabetic patients jordan balance gender age educational background recruited endocrinology outpatient clinic jdhlq consisting informative communicative sections underwent rigorous validation utilizing principal component analysis rasch analysis jdhls reliability validity evaluated 3 results results showed moderate proficiency understanding communicating diabetesrelated information confirmed reliability validity jdhlq 4 conclusions findings emphasize importance culturally appropriate health literacy tools enhancing patient understanding engagement overall management t2dm arabicspeaking communities