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Assessment of Factors Related to the Understanding of Education and Knowledge of Self-Care among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Prospective Study

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Introduction

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is rapidly increasing particularly in developing countries. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and self-care practices of diabetes patients and to assess the contribution of the education to this knowledge level and glycemic control.

Methods

We formed patient groups consisting of 15–30 diabetic patients. First, patients were surveyed using a diabetes self-care knowledge questionnaire (DSCKQ-30). Sunsequently, a standard PowerPoint presentation about diabetes self-management was made to the patients who were then surveyed again using DSCKQ-30. All patients were invited to hospital to measure their control glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level 3 months later.

Results

Of the total 364 participants, 62.9% were females. Significant increases in the percentage of correct responses were determined in all components between, before and after education. There was a significant decline of 1.1 in HbA1c levels after 3 months of education. Married or active working patients had a better understanding of the education about diabetes and had a greater knowledge of self-care management regardless of their level of education or income.

Conclusion

Education about diabetes can significantly improve knowledge of self-care management and can help in achieving glycemic control. Continuing education about self-care management and complications is crucial and this should be accompanied by a regular assessment of pateients’ diabetic knowledge.

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Acknowledgments

No funding or sponsorship was received for this study or publication of this article. The authors would like to thank to diabetes education nurses, Hayriye Topak Beyaz, Gulsev Dirik and Semure Zengi for kind help and support. All authors had full access to all of the data in this study and take complete responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. All named authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this manuscript, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given final approval for the version to be published.

Disclosures

Oğuzhan Sıtkı Dizdar, Ozen Oz Gul, Osman Baspinar, Soner Cander, Pınar Sisman, Baki Eker and Canan Ersoy have nothing to disclose.

Compliance with Ethics Guidelines

All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, as revised in 2013. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.

Ethical committe approval for this study was received from Uludag University Medical School.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, 38010, Kayseri, Turkey

    Oguzhan Sıtkı Dizdar

  2. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Uludag University Medical School, 16059, Bursa, Turkey

    Ozen Oz Gul, Pınar Sisman & Canan Ersoy

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, 38010, Kayseri, Turkey

    Osman Baspınar & Baki Eker

  4. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Sevket Yilmaz Training and Research Hospital, 16059, Bursa, Turkey

    Soner Cander

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Dizdar, O.S., Gul, O.O., Baspınar, O. et al. Assessment of Factors Related to the Understanding of Education and Knowledge of Self-Care among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Prospective Study. Adv Ther 33, 1565–1578 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-016-0378-6

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