Higher health literacy is associated with better glycemic control in adults with type 1 diabetes: a cohort study among 1399 Danes

Self-management of diabetes is influenced by a range of factors including the ability to access, understand, appraise, and use of health information in everyday life, which can collectively be called health literacy. We investigated associations between nine domains of health literacy and HbA1c level in people with type 1 diabetes.A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1399 people with type 1 diabetes attending a Danish specialist diabetes...