Health literacy, diabetic knowledge, and diabetic self-care among foreign diabetic patients at a hospital in South Korea
- 주제(키워드) Diabetic mellitus , Health literacy , Immigrants , Knowledge , Self-care
- 등재 KCI등재, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 Korean Society of Adult Nursing
- 발행년도 2015
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000120169
- 본문언어 한국어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2015.27.4.397
초록/요약
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate health literacy, diabetic knowledge, and diabetic self-care among foreign diabetic patients at a hospital in South Korea. Methods: Participants was 134 foreign patients diagnosed with diabetes and who understand English. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20.0. Results: Health literacy significantly differed with HbA1c levels, whereas diabetic knowledge significantly differed with education levels, and time since diagnosed. Diabetic self-care significantly differed with time since the diagnosis. Health literacy significantly differed with diabetic knowledge and diabetic self-care. There was a correlation between health literacy and diabetic knowledge and between diabetic knowledge and diabetic self-care but not between health literacy and diabetic self-care. Conclusion: There are significant results on health literacy, diabetic knowledge and diabetic self-care. Subject with adequate health literacy had high scores on diabetic knowledge and self-care. © 2015 Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.
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