Diabetes Control
Glycemic control and education mediated by literacy in low-income people with diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 12th, 2006
"We sought to determine whether literacy mediates the relationship between education and glycemic control among diabetes patients. We measured educational attainment, literacy using the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (s-TOFHLA), and glycemic control (HbA1c ) in 395 diabetes patients at a U.S. public hospital," scientists writing in the journal Public Health Reports report.
D. Schillinger and colleagues working with the University of California San Francisco continued, "We performed path analysis to...
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