Alcohol health literacy in young adults with Type 1 diabetes and its impact on diabetes management.
dc.contributor.author | Barnard, K. D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dyson, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sinclair, J. M. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lawton, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Anthony, Denis | |
dc.contributor.author | Cranston, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Holt, R. I. G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-11T16:05:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-11T16:05:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-05-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Barnard, K.D., et al., (2014). Alcohol health literacy in young adults with type 1 diabetes and its impact on diabetes management. Diabetic Medicine, 31(12), pp.1625-1630. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 07423071 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/dme.12491 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623284 | |
dc.description.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. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Diabetes UK | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en |
dc.relation.url | http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/dme.12491 | en |
dc.rights | Archived with thanks to Diabetic Medicine | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Diabetes | en |
dc.title | Alcohol health literacy in young adults with Type 1 diabetes and its impact on diabetes management. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | University of Leeds | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Diabetic Medicine | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Human Development and Health Academic Unit; Faculty of Medicine; University of Southampton; Southampton UK | |
dc.contributor.institution | OCDEM; University of Oxford; OCDEM Churchill Hospital; Oxford UK | |
dc.contributor.institution | Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit; Faculty of Medicine; University of Southampton; Southampton UK | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Population Health Sciences; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh UK | |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Healthcare; University of Leeds; Leeds UK | |
dc.contributor.institution | Human Development and Health Academic Unit; Faculty of Medicine; University of Southampton; Southampton UK | |
dc.contributor.institution | Human Development and Health Academic Unit; Faculty of Medicine; University of Southampton; Southampton UK | |
dc.dateAccepted | 2014-05-09 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-02-28T18:03:21Z | |
html.description.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. |