Practical Geriatrics ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 255-259.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2024.03.010

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The status of health literacy and correlation with frailty in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

TANG Yuan, DENG Shufang, HE Yongmei, DAI Yuxuan, LUO Jing   

  1. School of Nursing, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou 423000, China
  • Received:2023-03-28 Online:2024-03-20 Published:2024-03-26
  • Contact: HE Yongmei, Email:478194091@qq.com

Abstract: Objective To investigate the current status of health literacy and frailty in the elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to explore the relationship between them. Methods A simple random sampling method was used to select 360 elderly patients with T2DM from four communities in Chenzhou City. The Health Literacy Scale for Chronic Disease and the Tilburg Frailty Indicator were applied to assess the patients' health literacy level and frailty status, respectively. Results The total score of health literacy in the elderly patients with T2DM was 91.35±7.69, and the total score of frailty was 6.13±2.85. Pearson correlation analysis showed that there was a negative correlation between health literacy and frailty in the elderly patients with T2DM (r=-0.613, P<0.01). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the education level, monthly income per capita in the family, duration of T2DM and the frailty degree were associated with the level of health literacy. Conclusions The health literacy level of the elderly patients with T2DM needs to be further improved.It is important to develop targeted interventions to improve the health literacy of patients and their frailty.

Key words: aged, type 2 diabetes mellitus, health literacy, frailty

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