Validation of the health literacy scale for diabetes as a criterion-referenced test with standard setting procedures

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting quality of life. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is approximately 8.8%, with 387 million patients worldwide [1]. In Korea, more than 13.7% of adults have been diagnosed with diabetes [2]. Although diabetes is the fifth-leading cause of death in Korea [3] and its complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality, the proportion of controlled diabetes has been reported to be 23.3% (HbA1C  

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - March 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Soo Jin Kang, Kang Hee Sim, Bok Rye Song, Jeong-Eun Park, Soo Jung Chang, Chanho Park, Mi Sook Lee Source Type: research