Correlation between functional health literacy and self-efficacy in people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: ross-sectional tudy

• Autor(a) principal: Medina, Luis Angel Cendejas
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Renan Alves, Lima, Magda Milleyde de Sousa, Barros, Lívia Moreira, Lopes, Rafael Oliveira Pitta, Melo, Geórgia Alcântara Alencar, Lira Neto, José Cláudio Garcia, Caetano, Joselany Áfio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal200890; http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/62810
• topic: Autoeficácia; Self-efficacy; Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Enfermagem; Nursing; Autocuidado; Self-care

To analyze the correlation between functional health literacy (FHL) and self-efficacy (SE) in people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Cross-sectional study was conducted among September and October 2019, with 196 people with type 2 diabetes. Data were collected using the Functional Literacy in Health instrument (B-TOFHLA) and the Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy Scale for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DMSES). Bivariate analysis was used to verify the relationship among the constructs. Most diabetics showed an average B-TOFHLA score of 74.75, considered adequate, and self-efficacy of 4.07, high. The association between SE and FHL in the bivariate analysis found no statistical significance (p > .05), in the same sense as the B-TOFHLA score and the DMSES domains (p > .05). Constructs were not related to each other in terms of skills arising from judgments and decisions with motivational confidence by the investigated audience.