Abstract: This paper reviewed the assessment instruments of condition-specific health literacy for people with Diabetes Mellitus including the main content, scoring criteria, measurement properties from the subjective, objective and subjective-objective aspects. It also analyzed and compared the existing problems in the assessment tools and put forward corresponding suggestions, so as to provide references for the introduction, development and application of those assessment tools.

Key words: Diabetes Mellitus; health literacy; assessment instrument; review; nursing care