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Master of Public Health

Health literacy and blood glucose among Guyanese emergency department patients without diagnosed diabetes: a cross-sectional study.

AUTHORS

McNaughton CD , Korman RR , Kabagambe EK , Wright SW , . Diabetology & metabolic syndrome. 2015 1 1; 7(). 31

ABSTRACT

Low health literacy is associated with worse glycemic control among patients with diabetes; the relationship between health literacy and blood glucose among patients without diagnosed diabetes, particularly in resource-limited settings, is not known. Because emergency department patients are at risk for both low health literacy and undiagnosed diabetes, we examined their relationships among emergency department patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Guyana.

Low health literacy is associated with worse glycemic control among patients with diabetes; the relationship between health literacy and blood glucose among patients without diagnosed diabetes, particularly in resource-limited settings, is not known. Because emergency department patients are at risk for both low health literacy and undiagnosed diabetes, we examined their relationships among emergency department patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Guyana.

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