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- Title
Alcohol health literacy in young adults with Type 1 diabetes and its impact on diabetes management.
- Authors
Barnard, K. D.; Dyson, P.; Sinclair, J. M. A.; Lawton, J.; Anthony, D.; Cranston, M.; Holt, R. I. G.
- 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.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of diabetes; TYPE 1 diabetes; ANALYSIS of variance; CARBOHYDRATES; CHI-squared test; ALCOHOL drinking; SURVEYS; T-test (Statistics); DISEASE management; DATA analysis; MANN Whitney U Test; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Diabetic Medicine, 2014, Vol 31, Issue 12, p1625
- ISSN
0742-3071
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/dme.12491