目的：研究健康素养和老年糖尿病患者发生糖尿病足与否之间的关系。方法：选取2017年9月—2018年3月内蒙古医科大学附属医院老年医学中心一区和内分泌科收治的老年糖尿病患者,对这些住院患者以发放调查问卷的形式进行关于糖尿病足相关健康素养的调查研究,分析患者健康素养水平和糖尿病足发病的相关性。调查工具包括患者一般信息调查问卷和中文版诺丁汉足部护理评估量表,采用SPSS24.0统计软件对所得数据进行分析处理,统计方法包括正态性检验、方差齐性检验,统计描述、logistic回归分析检验等。结果：老年糖尿病患者健康素养水平与糖尿病足发病率有统计学意义(p<0.05)。结论：提升老年糖尿病患者健康素养有助于预防或延缓糖尿病足发生发展。

Nursing Department of Inner Mongolia Medical University Hohhot District 1 of Geriatric Center 010059 Abstract: Objective: In order to explore the relationship between health literacy and diabetic foot in elderly diabetic patients. Methods: The elderly diabetes patients were selected from the District 1 of Geriatric Center department and the department of endocrinology of Inner Mongolia Medicai University from September 2017 to March 2018 .The patients were investigated and studied in the from of questionnaire on the health literacy of diabetic foot.The survey tools include the general information questionnaire of patients and the Chinese version of the Nottingham foot nursing assessment scal, and the data are analyzed by SPSS17.0 software .The statistical methods incuded normality test, variance homogeneity test, statistical description logistics regression analysis and so on. Results: The level of heath literacy and the incidence of diabetic foot in elderly diatetic patients were statistically significant (P＜.05). Conclusion：Improving the health literacy of eldely diabetic patients can help prevent or delay the occurrence and development of diabetic foot. Key words: eath literacy;elderly patients; diabetic mellitus; diabetes foot