The relationship between health literacy and successful aging in elderly individuals with type 2 diabetes
Primary Care Diabetes, cilt.17, sa.5, ss.473-478, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.pcd.2023.06.009
- Dergi Adı: Primary Care Diabetes
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CINAHL, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.473-478
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Health literacy, Successful aging, Type 2 diabetes
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: In the study, it was aimed to evaluate the relationship between health literacy and successful aging in elderly individuals with type 2 diabetes. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with the participation of 415 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes who presented to the diabetics outpatient clinic between April-September 2021. The study data were collected through Identifying Information Form, Health Literacy Scale, and Successful Aging Scale. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, One-Way ANOVA, and student's t test were used. Results: Health Literacy Scale total mean score of the elderly individuals was found as 55.50 ± 6.08, and their Successful Aging Scale total mean score was determined to be 38.91 ± 2.05. A positive correlation was found between Health Literacy Scale total mean score and Successful Aging Scale total mean score, while a negative relationship was determined between Successful Aging Scale mean score and HbA1c values (p < 0.001). Conclusion: As a result of the study, it was concluded that elderly patients with type 2 diabetes who had high levels of health literacy had high levels of successful aging as well.