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ArticleNursing open2023

Correlation between health literacy and health-related quality of life in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy: The mediating role of self-management.

Yuqi Gao, Keshu Yan, Xiangru Yan, Na Xi, Jia Gao, Hengjie Ren

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Article in Nursing open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Yuqi GaoSchool of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China.
Keshu YanSchool of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China.
Xiangru YanSchool of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China.
Na XiSchool of Nursing, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China.
Jia GaoTie Coal General Hospital of Liaoning Health Industry Group, Tieling City, Liaoning Province, China.
Hengjie RenFirst Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6568-3637

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aimThe aims of the study were to analyse the current situation of health literacy (HL), self-management and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), to explore the correlation between the three and to verify the mediating role of self-management in HL and HRQOL.

designA cross-sectional survey.

methodsThe convenience sampling method was used to select 401 DPN patients attending the First Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University in Liaoning Province, China, from December 2020 to December 2021 as the study population. The research instrument included socio-demographic characteristics questionnaire, Health Literacy Management Scale (HeLMS), Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) and Short-Form 12-item Health Survey (SF-12). SPSS 25.0 was applied to the data for descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation analysis and stratified multiple regression analysis. Mediating effects were tested using SPSS PROCESS macro 4.0 software.

resultsHL and self-management of DPN patients correlated positively with HRQOL. The mediation role of self-management was significant in the relationship between HL and physical and mental HRQOL (physical component summary: β = 0.26, P < 0.01; mental component summary: β = 0.18, P < 0.01), with mediating effects accounting for 35.62% and 34.62% of the total effect.

conclusionsThere was a positive correlation between HL, self-management and HRQOL in patients with DPN. Self-management plays a partially mediating role in the relationship between HL and HRQOL in DPN patients. It means that HRQOL in this population can be improved by increasing HL and thus self-management in DPN patients. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: None.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic NeuropathiesHealth LiteracySelf-ManagementCross-Sectional StudiesHumansQuality of Lifediabetes mellitusdiabetic peripheral neuropathyhealth literacyquality of lifeself-management

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PMID36572957
PMCPMC10077377

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