Barnard, KD, Dyson, P, Sinclair, JMA et al. (4 more authors) (2014) Alcohol health literacy in young adults with Type 1 diabetes and its impact on diabetes management. Diabetic Medicine, 31 (12). 1625 - 1630. ISSN 0742-3071
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.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014, The Authors. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Diabetic Medicine © 2014 Diabetes UK. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Adult (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2015 15:52 |
Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2015 04:48 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.12491 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Diabetes UK |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/dme.12491 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86375 |