Relationship between Nutritional Status, Treatment and Care Attitude in Diabetic Individuals

Aim: The study was designed in order to determine the nutritional status of individuals with Type 2 diabetes and to evaluate the relationship between nutritional status and treatment and care attitudes. Method: The study was performed on 100 diabetic patients applying to the endocrinology department of Samsun Education and Research Hospital between 1 January 2014-28 February 2014. As an instrument of accumulating the data, the individual identification form and Diabetes Attitude Scale were used. The individual identification form was included sociodemographic and disease-related data Diabetes Attitude Scale was reflected the approaches easing and preventing the compliance of people with diabetes with their care and treatments. In the statistical assessment of the data, percentile calculations, mean, t test were carried out. The accumulated data were evaluated using SPSS 16.00 package software. Results: The mean of total DAS scores about diabetic patients is positive; 4.23 ± 0.28. It was observed that the patients with diabetes acquired the least score (3.26±0.78 ) as the lowest level of The Severity of Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and exhibited a positive attitude. It was also observed that the highest positive attitute (4.49±0.41) was displayed in terms the Special Education Need. No statistically significant difference was determined to exist between gender, marital status, education level, diagnostic period of diabetes and existence of relatives diabetes, plasma glucose/HbA1c levels, treatment types, control frequancy and total score of Diabetes Attitudes Scale (p>0.05). Statistically significant difference was determined to exist between economical status and total score of Diabetes Attitude Scale. Coclusions: On the patients of diabetes adjustment to diet have a positive effect on attitudes towards the disease. Positive attitude is a great role in the control of diabetes.