Functional health literacy on treatment adherence among type 2 diabetic clients /
Cruz, Abraham Daniel C.
Functional health literacy on treatment adherence among type 2 diabetic clients / Abraham Daniel C. Cruz ; Princess Sharvana S. Gacayan ; Evita A. Gallardo ; Demver P. Gomez ; Jamielyn M. Hernandez ; Jay Nicolas J. Ibay ; Angelica Jasmin R. Inosanto ; Atheena Louise Ildefonsa Labro ; Blesilda G. Lappay ; Clarissa L. Nieva ; Arianne Mae V. Pendor ; Elysha Jane D. Rosales ; Michelle S. Sales ; Jenny Margareth G. Sambajon ; Cienzi Anne D. Sanqui ; Al Rica G. Santos ; Tricia U. Santos ; Menaika Kelly C. Sim and Ma. Patricia Gabriel J. Sotong. - Fairview, Quezon City Department of Community and Family Medicine, FEU-NRMF, 2019 - 39 pages: illustration; 28 cm.
Includes appendices and bibliographical references.
ABSTRACT: Diabetes mellitus is the sixth leading cause of death in the Philippines; over six million Filipinos were diagnosed to have diabetes. Health literacy is a factor related to adherence in diabetes mellitus treatment but contradicting results were concluded in several studies between health literacy and treatment adherence of diabetic patients. The goal of this study was to determine the relationship of the client's level of functional health literacy of treatment adherence.
Thesis - Department of Community & Family Medicine
MCFM20190009
Functional health literacy on treatment adherence among type 2 diabetic clients / Abraham Daniel C. Cruz ; Princess Sharvana S. Gacayan ; Evita A. Gallardo ; Demver P. Gomez ; Jamielyn M. Hernandez ; Jay Nicolas J. Ibay ; Angelica Jasmin R. Inosanto ; Atheena Louise Ildefonsa Labro ; Blesilda G. Lappay ; Clarissa L. Nieva ; Arianne Mae V. Pendor ; Elysha Jane D. Rosales ; Michelle S. Sales ; Jenny Margareth G. Sambajon ; Cienzi Anne D. Sanqui ; Al Rica G. Santos ; Tricia U. Santos ; Menaika Kelly C. Sim and Ma. Patricia Gabriel J. Sotong. - Fairview, Quezon City Department of Community and Family Medicine, FEU-NRMF, 2019 - 39 pages: illustration; 28 cm.
Includes appendices and bibliographical references.
ABSTRACT: Diabetes mellitus is the sixth leading cause of death in the Philippines; over six million Filipinos were diagnosed to have diabetes. Health literacy is a factor related to adherence in diabetes mellitus treatment but contradicting results were concluded in several studies between health literacy and treatment adherence of diabetic patients. The goal of this study was to determine the relationship of the client's level of functional health literacy of treatment adherence.
Thesis - Department of Community & Family Medicine
MCFM20190009
