Health literacy and self-care behavior of patients with type 2 diabetes, Mueang District, Nakhon Phanom Province.

Abstract

     This survey research by cross-sectional study aimed to study the level of health literacy and behavior of type 2 diabetes patients and to study the relationship between health literacy and behavior of type 2 diabetes patients in Mueang District, Nakhon Phanom Province. The sample group consisted of 365 people. The data collection was a 3-part questionnaire: 1) personal information, 2) health literacy about diabetes, and 3) self-care behavior of diabetes patients. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, mean, percentage, and standard deviation. The relationship between health literacy and self-care behavior of diabetes patients was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation at a significance level of 0.05.
     The results of the research found that health literacy of diabetes patients in all 6 dimensions was at a high level (= 4.08 , S.D. =0.61 ) Health care behavior of diabetes patients was also at a high level (= 3.97 S.D. =0.60 ) Overall health literacy in all dimensions and self-care behavior of diabetes patients There was a high positive correlation coefficient (r = 0.765) with statistical significance (p-value < 0.05).