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Patients’ Experiences of Diabetes Self-Management Education According to Health-Literacy Levels

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  • Suhyun Kim
  • Yeoungsuk Song
  • Jihyun Park
  • Sonja Utz

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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.

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  • Suhyun Kim & Yeoungsuk Song & Jihyun Park & Sonja Utz, 2020. "Patients’ Experiences of Diabetes Self-Management Education According to Health-Literacy Levels," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 29(5), pages 285-292, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:29:y:2020:i:5:p:285-292
    DOI: 10.1177/1054773819865879
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