Alcohol health literacy in young adults with Type 1 diabetes and its impact on diabetes management.
Journal article
Authors | Barnard, K. D., Dyson, P., Sinclair, J. M. A., Lawton, J., Anthony, Denis, Cranston, M. and Holt, R. I. G. |
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Abstract | AIMS: To investigate the knowledge of alcohol and carbohydrate content of commonly consumed alcoholic drinks among young adults with Type 1 diabetes and to explore alcohol consumption while identifying diabetes self-management strategies used to minimize alcohol-associated risk. METHOD: We conducted an open-access, multiple-choice web survey to investigate knowledge of alcohol and carbohydrate content of typical alcoholic drinks using images. Respondents to the survey also recorded their current alcohol consumption and diabetes self-management strategies when drinking. RESULTS: A total of 547 people aged 18-30 years responded to the survey (341 women; 192 men; mean (sd) age 24.5 (3.7) years), of whom 365 (66.7%) drank alcohol. In all, 84 (32.9%) women and 31 (22.6%) men scored higher than the cut-off score for increased-risk drinking. Knowledge accuracy of alcohol units was poor: only 7.3% (n = 40) correctly identified the alcohol content of six or more out of 10 drinks. Knowledge of carbohydrate content was also poor: no respondent correctly identified the carbohydrate content of six or more out of 10 drinks. Various and inconsistent strategies to minimize alcohol-associated risk were reported. CONCLUSIONS: Alcohol consumption was common among the survey respondents, but knowledge of alcohol and carbohydrate content was poor. Greater alcohol-related health literacy is required to minimize alcohol-associated risk. Further research should help develop effective strategies to improve health literacy and support safe drinking for young adults with Type 1 diabetes. |
Keywords | Diabetes |
Year | 2014 |
Journal | Diabetic Medicine |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 07423071 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.12491 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623284 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/623284 | |
Publication dates | 13 May 2014 |
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Deposited | 11 Jan 2019, 16:05 |
Accepted | 09 May 2014 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Diabetic Medicine |
Contributors | University of Leeds, Human Development and Health Academic Unit; Faculty of Medicine; University of Southampton; Southampton UK, OCDEM; University of Oxford; OCDEM Churchill Hospital; Oxford UK, Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit; Faculty of Medicine; University of Southampton; Southampton UK, Centre for Population Health Sciences; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh UK, School of Healthcare; University of Leeds; Leeds UK, Human Development and Health Academic Unit; Faculty of Medicine; University of Southampton; Southampton UK and Human Development and Health Academic Unit; Faculty of Medicine; University of Southampton; Southampton UK |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/94906/alcohol-health-literacy-in-young-adults-with-type-1-diabetes-and-its-impact-on-diabetes-management
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