Diabetic health literacy and associated factors among diabetes mellitus patients on follow up at public hospitals, Bale Zone, South East Ethiopia, 2021

Hailye Mamo Mogessie, Mulugeta Adugnew Gebeyehu, Mitaw Girma Kenbaw and Tesfaye Assefa Tadesse

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: Objective: This study was aimed to assess diabetic health literacy and associated factors among adult diabetic patients in public hospitals, Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia. Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 402 diabetic patients in three public hospitals and the samples were selected using simple random sampling technique. The comprehensive functional, communicative, and critical health literacy questionnaire was used to measure diabetic health literacy. Descriptive statistics and Ordinary logistic regression analyses were conducted, and a P-value of

Date: 2022
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