Building a House of Skills—A Study of Functional Health Literacy and Numeracy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Hungary

The purpose of this study is to explore functional health literacy (FHL) and numeracy skills in an insulin-treated, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patient population, their impact on self-care activities. A non-experimental, cross-sectional quantitative design was used for study. sample consisted 102 T2DM patients insulin therapy, including 42 males 60 females, with a mean age 64.75 years (SD = 9.180) average duration 10.76 6.702). Independent variables were sociodemographic (e.g., age, educational level, etc.) health-related factors (years), the frequency blood glucose testing/day, etc.). For study, participants completed reading comprehension exercise from Short Test Functional Health Literacy (S-TOFHLA) Shortened Version Diabetes Numeracy (DNT-15), which specifically evaluates living diabetes. associations between examined Spearman’s rank correlation. Multivariate regression analysis performed examine whether measured FHL We found that DNT-15 test (? 0.174, t(96) 2.412, p < 0.018) had significant effect testing/day. Moreover, problem areas mostly included multi-step calculations according food label interpretations, adequate dosage based current levels carbohydrate intake. results analyses correlation indicated limited not only influenced participants’ behaviors related self-management, but they also affected outcomes. Thus, besides personalization treatment, it indispensable provide more precise information different types administration refined materials medical nutrition therapy.