%0 Journal Article
%T Health Literacy and self
%A A Barghadouch
%A K Olesen
%A N Schwennesen
%J Chronic Illness
%@ 1745-9206
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1742395318789476
%X The aim of this study was to investigate health literacy and self-care among visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes in Denmark. Survey data from 1425 Danes with type 1 diabetes were categorised in two groups according to visual status: visually impaired (n£¿=£¿38) and sighted (n£¿=£¿1387). Using the Health Literacy Questionnaire and the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Scale, health literacy and self-care activities were assessed. Visually impaired respondents were compared to sighted respondents using t-tests and chi-squared tests. Visually impaired people were older, had higher diabetes duration and were more likely to live alone. Also they had a significant lower level of health literacy on two key dimensions of health literacy (¡®Ability to find good health information¡¯ and ¡®Understanding health information well enough to know what to do¡¯), they monitored blood sugar less frequently than people that were sighted but had better self-care regarding feet examination. Visually impaired people with type 1 diabetes are less able to find and understand health information than sighted people with type 1 diabetes. Our findings indicate need for interventions to promote better self-care and health literacy among visually impaired people with diabetes
%K Health literacy
%K type 1 diabetes
%K diabetes self-management
%K visually impairment
%K retinopathy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1742395318789476