Diabetes symptoms, health literacy, and health care use in adult Latinos with diabetes risk factors.

This study examined the extent of undetected and untreated type 2 diabetes in a sample of recent Latino immigrants, and looked at the relationships among diabetes symptoms, blood glucose level, diabetes knowledge, health literacy level, and health care use.Using a descriptive and correlational design, 144 Latino adults were interviewed.Many participants had diabetes and reported symptoms, but they were not aware of the disease and were not...