Research Progress on Health Literacy of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. Evaluating health literacy levels of diabetes patients and taking corresponding measures are very important for reducing diabetic complications and improving health outcomes. This article summarized advances on assessment tools, associations with outcomes, influencing factors, and relevant interventions of health literacy on diabetes, aiming to provide evidence for diabetes prevention and control in China.