The experience in applying health literacy of uncontrolled diabetic patients in Bang Sai Hospital Network

10.30207/AHLA.202312.0049

Umaporn Kamlungdee；Thiwakon Pridaphon

Diabetic patients ； Health literacy ； Qualitative research ； The experience

The Proceeding of the 9th AHLA International Health Literacy Conference: Health Literacy and Social Resilience

2023（2023 / 12 / 01）

51 - 51

英文

Background: There are many activities to increase health knowledge for apply in practice to good disease control. However, approximately 65 percent of diabetic patients were found to have good health literacy but still unable to control their disease level. This may be caused by the application of health knowledge gained from different health personnel. Objectives: To describe the experience of applying health literacy among patients with uncontrolled diabetes. Method: Qualitative research, data were collected by in-depth interviews among 12 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged 35-59 years with A1C >7% and good health literacy by purposive random sampling. A semi-structured interview was used to collect data. Analyzed the data by content analysis. Results: The experience of diabetic patients in applying health literacy to health behaviors depended on 5 issues: 1) Confidence about health information, informants or data sources. 2) Disease conditions; severity of the disease or comorbidities. 3) Difficulty of practice, compliance with lifestyle and factors supporting the practice. 4) Motivation for continuous implementation. 5) Alternatives events or instances, traditions, cultures, beliefs. Conclusion: Healthcare providers should design recommendations that enable people with diabetes to put health literacy into action with accurate and clear information. The severity of the disease and the progression of the disease were informed. Practices are designed that are simple and consistent with lifestyles, limitations, available support, not contrary to beliefs and cultures. Practices are constantly monitored. So that diabetic patients can apply health knowledge to self-care until they can lower their blood sugar levels.