Abstract:
This Case-control study aimed to study factors related to HbA1c among diabetes patients in Chun hospital.The sample of 440 diabetes patients were 110 of those who controlled HbA1C level and 330 of those who cannot control. Data was collected by questionnaire including 5 parts, i.e., general information, health literacy, behavior of diabetes patients, medication adherence and perception of difficulty to control HbA1c. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistic, such as, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and determined relation by Chi- square test and logistic regression. The results found factors related to good HbA1c control were gender (P = 0.09), body mass index (P = 0.036), having caregivers (P = 0.043), health literacy (P < 0.001) and perception to the difficulty from family support to control HbA1c (P = 0.005). However, logistic regression analysis revealed that high health literacy (adjOR = 9.368, p < 0.001) and male (adjOR = 1.954, p = 0.004) had high influence on HbA1c control at confidence level of 95%. Recommendation from the study suggests that health information accessibility of diabetic patient should be enhance to be more accessible and accuracy by medical professionals and village health volunteers (VHV) for facilitate the patients to choose the best way to control their sugar blood level.