Mahnoush Reisi|Firoozeh Mostafavi|Homamodin Javadzade|Behzad Mahaki|Elahe Tavassoli|Gholamreza Sharifirad
Impact of Health Literacy, Self-efficacy, and Outcome Expectations on Adherence to Self-care Behaviors in Iranians with Type 2 Diabetes
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Bushehr University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Qom University of Medical Science and Health Services
diabetic patients higher health literacy hl may feel confident ability perform selfcare behaviors may strong beliefs diabetesrelated behaviors lead specific outcomes study aimed document relationships hl selfefficacy outcome expectations diabetes selfcare patients type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm iranwe conducted crosssectional observational study 187 patients t2dm participants completed functional communicative critical health literacy scale summary diabetes selfcare activities diabetes management selfefficacy scale outcome expectations questionnaire demographic questionnaireparticipants received diabetes education 579 p0001 married f 304 p0050 better diabetes selfcare behavior significant positive correlation selfcare behaviors communicative hl r 0455 p0010 critical hl r 0297 p0010 selfefficacy r 0512 p0010 outcome expectations r 0387 p0010 diabetes education marital status accounted 169 variance diabetes selfcare selfefficacy outcome expectations communicative critical hl explained 280 15 37 14 variance respectivelythis study revealed potential impact selfefficacy outcome expectations communicative critical hl considered education program patients diabetes found selfefficacy important predictor diabetes selfcare therefore use selfefficacy theory designing patient education interventions could enhance diabetes selfcare essential health care providers assess patients hl levels tailor healthrelated information specific domain hl would fully inform patients promote empowerment rather simple compliance