Health Literacy Status and Understanding of the Prescription Instructions in Diabetic Patients
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of diabetic patients based on their health literacy levels.
Characteristics
Health literacy level
value
Low ()
High ()
Scores 0–60
Scores 61–66
Age (mean ± SD)
59.04 ± 11.81
61.92 ± 9.93
0.251
Male (%)
170 (71.9)
17 (70.8)
0.976
Female (%)
69 (28.9)
7 (29.2)
Education (%) 7 years or less
97 (40.6)
1 (4.2)
<0.001
8–10 years
91 (38.1)
1 (4.2)
11-12 years
30 (12.6)
4 (16.7)
Graduation
20 (8.4)
16 (66.7)
Masters
1 (0.4)
2 (8.3)
Number of patients on insulin (%)
104 (43.5)
6 (25)
0.08
Number of patients on OHA (%)
147 (61.5)
19 (79.2)
0.087
Number of patients both insulin and OHA (%)
13 (5.4)
1 (4.2)
0.791
Total number of medication per day (mean ± SD)
1.15 ± 0.37
1.21 ± 0.51
0.52
Duration of disease (median (IQR))
8 (4, 13)
10 (5.25, 12)
0.519
SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; OHA: oral hypoglycemic agents; significant association between educational status and literacy level when applied Chi-square test.
