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http://dx.doi.org/10.14367/kjhep.2016.33.5.47

A study on the measuring health literacy in patients with diabetes in Korea  

Kang, Soo Jin (Department of Nursing, Daegu University)
Sim, Kang Hee (Department of Diabetes Education, Samsung Medical Center)
Chang, Soo Jung (Department of Nursing, Woosuk University)
Lee, Mi Sook (Department of Psychology, Daegu University)
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Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion / v.33, no.5, 2016 , pp. 47-57 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: To develop and evaluate the applicability of a health literacy instrument in patients with diabetes by measuring their ability to understand diabetes-related words. Methods: Diabetes-related words were extracted from the Korean Diabetes Association's website and literature reviews. In the first phase, three nursing researchers evaluated 2,661 diabetes-related words based on graded lexical vocabularies and what patients need to know about self-care, and the narrowed them to 255 words. In the second phase, a content validity assessment was conducted by an expert panel. In the third phase, the remaining 25 words were administered to 200 conscientious with type 2 patients aged 40 years old and using a Gallup survey from March 3 to 17, 2016 in Seoul, Korea. Descriptive analysis and Rasch analysis were performed to test psychometric properties. Results: The mean score was 21.47 with a range of 0 to 25. The Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ was .92. The health literacy instrument using diabetes-related words had a ceiling effect response. Conclusions: Diabetes-related words are useful and reliable items for testing the health literacy of diabetes patients. Future study is needed to develop and validate health literacy measures for diabetic patients.
Keywords
diabetes; health literacy; health literacy instrument;
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