THE EFFECT OF HEALTH LITERACY ON ADAPTATION AND SELF-EFFICACY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
Journal of Inonu University Vocational School of Health Services, cilt.13, sa.2, ss.482-498, 2025 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.33715/inonusaglik.1567435
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Inonu University Vocational School of Health Services
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.482-498
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Adaptation to Illness, Health literacy, Self-efficacy, Type 2 diabetes
- İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of health literacy on disease adaptation and self-efficacy in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 106 volunteer patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus who were treated in the internal medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of a state hospital between January and May 2024. Data were evaluated by independent t-test, Pearson correlation, linear regression analysis using SPSS 22.0 software. Statistical significance level was taken as p<0.05. The mean age of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was 59.41±13.22 years. The participants’ total scores were 80.50±22.54 in the Health Literacy Index, 83.84±8.63 in the Adaptation to Chronic Illness Scale and was 64.01±17.19 in the Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy Scale for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. According to regression analysis, health literacy had a significant effect on both adaptation to chronic illness (B=0.277, p<0.001) and self-efficacy (B=0.601, p<0.001). In this study, patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus had moderate health literacy, high level of adherence to chronic illness and moderate level of self-efficacy. Health literacy had a strong effect on adaptation to chronic illness and self-efficacy.