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 ().

Variable name (%)

Age (mean, standard deviation)75 ± 10.0
Female61 (55%)
Lives alone58 (53.2%)
Australian born73 (65.2%)
Main language103 (92.0%)
Part secondary education or less78 (69.7%)
Private health insurance37 (33.9%)
Healthcare card99 (88.4%)
Assisted with questionnaire73 (65.7%)
Arthritis55 (49.6%)
Back pain41 (36.6%)
Heart problems60 (53.6%)
Respiratory16 (14.3%)
Cancer15 (13.4%)
Depression and/or anxiety35 (31.3%)
Diabetes107 (95.5%)
Stroke17 (15.2%)
Other conditions34 (30.1%)
Reported no health condition 1 (0.3%)