ECE2024 Eposter Presentations Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition (383 abstracts)
Factors affecting the level of therapeutic literacy in patients with type 2 diabetes
Mouna Elleuch , Insaf Nasri , Wissal Ghamgui , Khouloud Boujelbene , Mnif Mouna , Fatma Mnif , Dhouha Ben Salah , Charfi Nadia , Mohammed Abid , Feten Hadj Kacem & Nabila Rekike
Hedi Chaker Hospital, Endocrinology and Diabetology Department, Sfax, Tunisia
Background: Despite the significant rewards offered by diabetes education, programs are underused with a significant proportion of patients choosing not to attend.
Aim: The aim of this study is to identify the factors that determine the level of knowledge of diabetic patients about their disease.
Methods: Our study involved 61 type 2 diabetic patients followed at the endocrinology department of the university hospital or followed at the city basic health centre.
Results: Only 24.6% of our patients had knowledge of ETP programmes. Only one patient was a member of a diabetes association. Ignorance of the existence of such associations (31.1%) or lack of motivation to participate (26.2%) explained non-adherence in the remaining patients. In our series, socioeconomic status influenced the level of discipline and knowledge of the disease, and more than 45% of the population studied had a low socioeconomic status. Furthermore, it was shown that well-off patients recognized the origin of type 2 diabetes 8 times more than poor patients (OR=8, P=0.037). Our study showed a significant association between a good level of therapeutic literacy and occupation, in particular being a female employee (P=0.02), the level of school education (university) and the socio-economic level (P=0.037). We confirmed the significant influence of patients’ occupational status, educational level and socioeconomic level on their TPE level. There was a significant correlation between the objective assessment of patients’ level of TVE and the use of new telecommunication technologies (0.316).
Conclusion: therapeutic education programs should be adapted to the needs of people in precarious socio-economic situations, taking into account their socio-demographic situation, level of education, etc.
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