Author/Authors :
MOMENI, Marjan Department of Health Information Technology - School of Allied Medical Sciences - Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan , MIRMOHAMMADKHANI, Majid Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan , ZIARI, Abbas Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan
Abstract :
Background: The present systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to find the degree by which the
Iranian diabetic patients were informed about their disease in term of health literacy.
Methods: The search was carried out in databases including the PubMed, MEDLINE (PubMed), Scopus, Embase,
Cochrane Library, ProQuest, Web of Science, Science Direct and Wiley and also domestic databases including
the Iranian Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (sid.ir), the Iranian Research Institute
for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc.ac.ir), Barakat Knowledge Network System
(barakatkns.com), the national publications database (magiran.com) and also Google Scholar and Elmnet search
engines. All the original studies published by Oct 20, 2018, in Persian or English, to assess the health literacy of
adults with diabetes were included in the study. Ultimately, 17 articles were included in the meta-analysis. The
meta-analysis was carried out using the fixed-effects method using Stata-11.2.
Results: The pooled mean score of health literacy was 56.65 out of score of 100, and its 95% CI was estimated
as 49.85 to 63.45. No significant heterogeneity could be reported for the articles included in the meta-analysis
(I-squared=21.3%, P=0.177). The pooled mean scores with the CI of 95% by gender based on the study population
in women and men were estimated as 47.97and 50.06 respectively.
Conclusion: Health literacy is not high in Iranian diabetic patients and is rather inadequate in most of them in
both genders. Diabetic women have somewhat lower health literacy compared to diabetic men.
Keywords :
Health literacy , Diabetic , Systematic review , Meta-analysis , Iran
