Ayurpharmacoepidemiology Perspective: Health Literacy (Knowledge and Practice) Among Older Diabetes Patients Visiting Ayurveda Teaching Hospitals in India

Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine

ParikshitDebnath¹ 

关键词: health literacy;    knowledge;    practice;    diabetes;    ayurpharmacoepidemiology;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2156587216643641

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Older Indian diabetics lack proper health literacy making them vulnerable to complications. Assessment of health literacy was done by hospital-based cross-sectional study. Face-to-face interview was conducted by pretested structured questionnaires. Diabetes patients aged ≥60 years consisted of 56.22% males and 43.78% females; in addition, 34.2% respondents were without formal schooling. Diabetes was known to 63.56% respondents. Total knowledge and practice score of the respondents was good (18.9% and 35.1%), average (30.7% and 46.9%), and poor (50.4% and 18%), respectively. Knowledge and practice score was strongly associated (P < .01) with religion, educational status, and diabetes duration with positive relationship (R2 = 0.247, P < .01) between knowledge and practice score. The study highlights lack of health literacy among older diabetics undergoing ayurveda management. Baseline statistics will pave the way toward ayurpharmacoepidemiology.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC