TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of Electronic Health Literacy with Health-Promoting Behaviors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
T2 - A Cross-sectional Study
AU - Kim, Kyoung A.
AU - Kim, Yu Jin
AU - Choi, Mona
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - It is important to know how well patients with type 2 diabetes understand and use health information available online in relation to health-promoting behaviors. Thus, the purposes of this study were to examine the association among electronic health literacy, perceived benefits, self-efficacy, and health-promoting behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes, and to identify factors that affect health-promoting behaviors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a diabetes center in Seoul, South Korea. It was found that health-promoting behaviors were significantly correlated with electronic health literacy (r = 0.15, P <.05), perceived benefits (r = 0.15, P <.05), and self-efficacy (r = 0.47, P <.01). In the multiple linear regression analysis to identify the factors influencing health-promoting behaviors, electronic health literacy (β =.13, P =.040) and self-efficacy (β =.38, P <.001) were found to be significant factors, even after adjusting for general and disease-related characteristics. Strategies to improve health-promoting behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes should focus on analyzing levels of electronic health literacy and deepening their understanding of online information accordingly.
AB - It is important to know how well patients with type 2 diabetes understand and use health information available online in relation to health-promoting behaviors. Thus, the purposes of this study were to examine the association among electronic health literacy, perceived benefits, self-efficacy, and health-promoting behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes, and to identify factors that affect health-promoting behaviors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a diabetes center in Seoul, South Korea. It was found that health-promoting behaviors were significantly correlated with electronic health literacy (r = 0.15, P <.05), perceived benefits (r = 0.15, P <.05), and self-efficacy (r = 0.47, P <.01). In the multiple linear regression analysis to identify the factors influencing health-promoting behaviors, electronic health literacy (β =.13, P =.040) and self-efficacy (β =.38, P <.001) were found to be significant factors, even after adjusting for general and disease-related characteristics. Strategies to improve health-promoting behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes should focus on analyzing levels of electronic health literacy and deepening their understanding of online information accordingly.
KW - Consumer health information
KW - Diabetes mellitus
KW - Health-promoting behavior
KW - Self-efficacy
KW - eHealth literacy
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U2 - 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000438
DO - 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000438
M3 - Article
C2 - 29742548
AN - SCOPUS:85053262901
SN - 1538-2931
VL - 36
SP - 438
EP - 447
JO - CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing
JF - CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing
IS - 9
ER -