Research Article
Optimising Health Literacy and Access of Service Provision to Community Dwelling Older People with Diabetes Receiving Home Nursing Support
Table 1
Demographic and health profile of participants who completed initial health literacy needs assessment (
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| Variable name | (%) |
| Age (mean, standard deviation) | 75 ± 10.0 | Female | 61 (55%) | Lives alone | 58 (53.2%) | Australian born | 73 (65.2%) | Main language | 103 (92.0%) | Part secondary education or less | 78 (69.7%) | Private health insurance | 37 (33.9%) | Healthcare card | 99 (88.4%) | Assisted with questionnaire | 73 (65.7%) | Arthritis | 55 (49.6%) | Back pain | 41 (36.6%) | Heart problems | 60 (53.6%) | Respiratory | 16 (14.3%) | Cancer | 15 (13.4%) | Depression and/or anxiety | 35 (31.3%) | Diabetes | 107 (95.5%) | Stroke | 17 (15.2%) | Other conditions | 34 (30.1%) | Reported no health condition | 1 (0.3%) |
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