Health Literacy and self-care among visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes in Denmark
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Health Literacy and self-care among visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes in Denmark. / Schwennesen, Nete; Barghadouch, Amina; Olesen, Kasper.
In: Chronic Illness, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2019, p. 157-164.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Health Literacy and self-care among visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes in Denmark
AU - Schwennesen, Nete
AU - Barghadouch, Amina
AU - Olesen, Kasper
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate health literacy and self-care among visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes in Denmark.Methods: Survey data from 1425 Danes with type 1 diabetes were categorised in two groups according to visual status: visually impaired (n = 38) and sighted (n = 1387). Using the Health Literacy Questionnaire and the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Scale, health literacy and self-care activities were assessed. Visually impaired respondents were compared to sighted respondents using t-tests and chi-squared tests.Results: Visually impaired people were older, had higher diabetes duration and were more likely to live alone. Also they had a significant lower level of health literacy on two key dimensions of health literacy (‘Ability to find good health information’ and ‘Understanding health information well enough to know what to do’), they monitored blood sugar less frequently than people that were sighted but had better self-care regarding feet examination.Conclusions: Visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes are less able to find and understand health information than sighted people with type 1 diabetes. Our findings indicate need for interventions to promote better self-care and health literacy among visually impaired people with diabetes.
AB - Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate health literacy and self-care among visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes in Denmark.Methods: Survey data from 1425 Danes with type 1 diabetes were categorised in two groups according to visual status: visually impaired (n = 38) and sighted (n = 1387). Using the Health Literacy Questionnaire and the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Scale, health literacy and self-care activities were assessed. Visually impaired respondents were compared to sighted respondents using t-tests and chi-squared tests.Results: Visually impaired people were older, had higher diabetes duration and were more likely to live alone. Also they had a significant lower level of health literacy on two key dimensions of health literacy (‘Ability to find good health information’ and ‘Understanding health information well enough to know what to do’), they monitored blood sugar less frequently than people that were sighted but had better self-care regarding feet examination.Conclusions: Visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes are less able to find and understand health information than sighted people with type 1 diabetes. Our findings indicate need for interventions to promote better self-care and health literacy among visually impaired people with diabetes.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Health literacy
KW - type 1 diabetes
KW - diabetes self-management
KW - visually impairment
KW - retinopathy
U2 - 10.1177/1742395318789476
DO - 10.1177/1742395318789476
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30056740
VL - 15
SP - 157
EP - 164
JO - Chronic Illness
JF - Chronic Illness
SN - 1742-3953
IS - 2
ER -
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