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Patients' Experiences of Diabetes Self-Management Education According to Health-Literacy Levels.
- Source :
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Clinical Nursing Research . 2020, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p285-292. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Diabetes self-management is an important part of patient care for those with diabetes. The purpose of this study was to explore patients' experiences with diabetes self-management education and how these experiences differed by health-literacy levels. A descriptive qualitative design was conducted. In 2016, 20 patients with diabetes who took a formal diabetes self-management course at a university hospital in South Korea were interviewed. A conventional content analysis was conducted. Patients with low health-literacy misunderstood diabetes management, showed passive attitudes towards seeking information, and had difficulty obtaining detailed information. Patients with high health-literacy wanted systematic, in-depth, individualized counselling on lifestyle modifications and medications. Patients' experiences with diabetes self-management education revealed differences in their health-literacy dimensions. In addition to practising health-literacy precautions, the content and delivery of diabetes self-management education need to be accommodated according to patients' health-literacy levels to obtain better outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10547738
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143636857
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773819865879