Health Literacy Association With Diabetes Self-care Behaviour and Glycemic Control: A Scoping Review
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Chronic uncontrolled diabetes can lead to multiple complications that can affect quality of life but with health literacy (HL), individuals can understand and act on healthcare providers' advice and seek treatment at healthcare facilities. This brief review summarises and to discover current observational studies on association between HL and diabetes self-care behaviour and glycaemic control in individual with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus. The literature search was performed using four databases; Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, and PubMed. The search was limited to 2018–2023 articles. This review encompassed a total of twenty studies. The results show that health literacy (HL) is strongly linked to diabetes self-care in type 2 diabetics. However, HL association with glycaemic control is inconclusive. This review indicated that individuals’ HL level is needed to understand and act on health advice and seek treatment at healthcare facilities.
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