Open AccessAyurpharmacoepidemiology Perspective
Author(s) -
Parikshit Debnath,
Khurshid Natasha,
Liaquat Ali,
Tapas Bhaduri,
Tushar Roy,
Sayantan Bera,
Debdeep Mukherjee,
Swati Debnath
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-5872
pISSN - 2156-5899
DOI - 10.1177/2156587216643641
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , health literacy , literacy , medicine , perspective (graphical) , family medicine , gerontology , psychology , pedagogy , health care , endocrinology , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , economic growth
Older Indian diabetics lack proper health literacy making them vulnerable to complications. Assessment of health literacy was done by hospital-based cross-sectional study. Face-to-face interview was conducted by pretested structured questionnaires. Diabetes patients aged ≥60 years consisted of 56.22% males and 43.78% females; in addition, 34.2% respondents were without formal schooling. Diabetes was known to 63.56% respondents. Total knowledge and practice score of the respondents was good (18.9% and 35.1%), average (30.7% and 46.9%), and poor (50.4% and 18%), respectively. Knowledge and practice score was strongly associated ( P < .01) with religion, educational status, and diabetes duration with positive relationship ( R 2 = 0.247, P < .01) between knowledge and practice score. The study highlights lack of health literacy among older diabetics undergoing ayurveda management. Baseline statistics will pave the way toward ayurpharmacoepidemiology.