Health literacy of diabetes and needs among community residents in Chongqing / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the health literacy of diabetes prevention and control among community residents in Chongqing City, and to provide reference for development of health education and health promotion. Methods In July 2015, a random sampling method was used to select samples of residents aged 18 years and above in Chongqing. The health literacy questionnaire of urban and rural residents was used to investigate. The logistic regression model was used to analyze the factors affecting the health literacy of diabetes. Results The effective 892 respondents were collected from 1000 residents, and the effective rate was 89.20％. There were 440 men and 452 women; the average age was 61.71±12.29; there were 176 residents having diabetes prevention and health literacy, accounting for 19.73％. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that female (OR=1.679, 95％CI 1.028-2.743), culture degree (ORjunior =3.891, 95％CI 1.658-9.173; ORsecondary and high scho l =2.959, 95％CI1.374-6.369; ORcol ege and above=5.319, 95％ CI 2.433-11.628) and the self assessment of health (ORgeneral=2.892, 95％ CI1.338-6.251) were higher in the diabetes prevention health literacy. The health education methods include medical staff on-site explanation, community lectures, watching video and propaganda columns were more popular. Conclusion The level of health literacy of diabetes was generally low in Chongqing. The community should focus on diabetes health education activities for men and low educated population. The community should carry out more activities about diabetes for residents, which helps to reduce or delay the occurrence of diabetes in the population.