Trial reportThe Diabetes educator
Numeracy and dietary intake in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Health Literacy in Diabetes Knowledge, Self-Care, and Glycemic Control: a Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence of limited health literacy among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of basic carbohydrate counting versus standard dietary care for glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes (The BCC Study): a randomised, controlled trial.Nutrition & diabetes · 2024Trial
- Association between health literacy and self-care behaviors among patients with chronic kidney disease.BMC nephrology · 2018Trial
- Health literacy and injury prevention behaviors among caregivers of infants.American journal of preventive medicine · 2014Trial
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- Developing subscale threshold scores for the nutrition literacy assessment instrument (NLit).Discover public health · 2025Article
- Association between pro-vegetarian dietary pattern and the risk of protein-energy wasting and sarcopenia in patients with chronic kidney disease.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- Related Factors for Impaired Fasting Glucose in Korean Adults: A Population Based Study.BMC public health · 2021Observational
- The association between diabetes numeracy and diabetes self-management among Saudi adults with insulin-treated diabetes.Saudi medical journal · 2021Article
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- Nutrition literacy predicts adherence to healthy/unhealthy diet patterns in adults with a nutrition-related chronic condition.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
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- The Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument is a Valid and Reliable Measure of Nutrition Literacy in Adults with Chronic Disease.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2018Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Iranian Version of the Diabetes Numeracy Test-15.International journal of preventive medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study is to describe the association between numeracy and self-reported dietary intake in patients with type 2 diabetes.
methodsNumeracy and dietary intake were assessed with the validated Diabetes Numeracy Test and a validated food frequency questionnaire in a cross-sectional study of 150 primary care patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial at an academic medical center between April 2008 and October 2009. Associations between numeracy and caloric and macronutrient intakes were examined with linear regression models.
resultsPatients with lower numeracy consumed a higher percentage of calories from carbohydrates and lower percentages from protein and fat. However, no differences in energy consumption or the percentage of energy intake owing to carbohydrates, fat, or protein were observed in adjusted analyses. Patients with lower numeracy were significantly more likely to report extremely high or low energy intake inconsistent with standard dietary intake.
conclusionsNumeracy was not associated with dietary intake in adjusted analyses. Low numeracy was associated with inaccurate dietary reporting. Providers who take dietary histories in patients with diabetes may need to consider numeracy in their assessment of dietary intake.
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