The Association between Health Literacy and Food Consumption Behaviors Among Type II Diabetes Patients in Baan Khuang District Health Promotion Hospital, Hangchat District, Lampang Province
Keywords:
Health literacy, Food consumption behaviors, Type 2 diabetesAbstract
This descriptive research aimed to study the relationship between health literacy and food consumption behaviors among type 2 diabetes patients in Baan Khuang district health promotion hospital, Lampang province. The participants were comprised of 231 people with type 2 diabetes and they were chosen by simple random sampling. The instrument of this study were the health literacy and food consumption behaviors evaluation questionnaires which are developed from 6 aspects of the health literacy concept and health education section, Ministry of public health. The data was collected during may-june 2020 and were analyzed analyzed by descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics with a statistical significance at p-value <0.05.; Chi square test.
The results revealed that most of the diabetic patients have poor level of health literacy 54.11 percent, followed by fair level of health literacy 22.94. The results of health literacy was classified into 6 aspects. It was found that people with diabetes have the highest health literacy in access to health and health service 79.12, followed by cognitive skill 68.89, the lowest was Decision skill 62.23. Moreover, most of the diabetic patients have poor level of food consumption behaviors at 57.58, followed by fair level 24.67. Nevertheless, health literacy was significantly related to consumption behavior of type 2 diabetes patients at 0.01.
Recommendations Enhancing the health literacy in people with type 2 diabetes should focus on improving the health literacy of patients in all 6 aspects to improve the blood sugar control.
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