| Title of Article |
Health Literacy Measurement Tool for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Thailand |
| Date of Acceptance |
1 August 2020 |
| Journal |
| Title of Journal |
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development |
| Standard |
SCOPUS |
| Institute of Journal |
Institute of Medico-Legal Publications |
| ISBN/ISSN |
09765506 |
| Volume |
11 |
| Issue |
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| Month |
์November |
| Year of Publication |
2020 |
| Page |
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| Abstract |
Background: Health literacy (HL) measurement tools have been various and not yet standardized.
Objectives: To investigates the properties of HL measurement tool for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 620 T2DM. Participants were interviewed about 62 health literacy items in three domains: (a) reading medical terms; (b) numeracy test and (c) decision making. The data were collected from January to April 2019. The reliability, discrimination and difficulty wee examined using the Kuder-Richardson Reliability Coefficient (KR-20) indices of discrimination and difficulty.
Results: The study found 49.8% aged older than 60 years, 80.2% had primary education level and 72.4% received no insulin injections. The properties of the HL measurement tool were (1) the reliability is at an excellent level for medical terms (KR-20 = 0.98) and good levels for both numeracy test and decision making (KR-20 = 0.72 and 0.79, respectively). (2) The indices of discrimination are high for both medical terms and decision making (r = 0.58 – 0.80 and 0.48-0.55, respectively) but at a low level for the numeracy test (r = 0.02 – 0.43). (3) The indices of difficulty are high level for medical terms and decision making (p = 0.45 – 0.70 and 0.73 – 0.76, respectively) but at a low level for the numeracy test (p=0.02 – 0.64).
Conclusions: The 62-item tool is suitably good to measure HL for patients with type 2 diabetes regarding its reliability, discrimination and difficulty. However, the numeracy test should be developed more to improve discrimination and difficulty.
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| Keyword |
Health Literacy, Health Literacy Measurement Tool, Type 2 DM |
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| Reviewing Status |
มีผู้ประเมินอิสระ |
| Status |
ได้รับการตอบรับให้ตีพิมพ์ |
| Level of Publication |
นานาชาติ |
| citation |
true |
| Part of thesis |
true |
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