Knowledge of patients with type 2 diabetes about their condition in Sousse, Tunisia

We assessed the knowledge of 404 type 2 diabetic patients about their condition in order to evaluate the quality of diabetes education in primary health care units in Sousse in 2003. We found that knowledge was satisfactory in only 59% of the patients. Their knowledge about the definition of diabete...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Eastern Mediterranean health journal 2007-05, Vol.13 (3), p.505-514
Hauptverfasser:	Ben Abdelaziz, A, Thabet, H, Soltane, I, Gaha, K, Gaha, R, Tlili, H, Ghannem, H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	fre
Schlagworte:	Attitude to Health Causality Cross-Sectional Studies Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - etiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - prevention & control Disease Progression Educational Measurement Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Services Needs and Demand Humans Hypertension - etiology Linear Models Male Middle Aged National Health Programs Obesity - complications Patient Education as Topic - standards Prevalence Surveys and Questionnaires Tunisia - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	We assessed the knowledge of 404 type 2 diabetic patients about their condition in order to evaluate the quality of diabetes education in primary health care units in Sousse in 2003. We found that knowledge was satisfactory in only 59% of the patients. Their knowledge about the definition of diabetes and its pathophysiology were the 2 main areas where knowledge was lacking: the proportion of correct answers were 62.6% and 50.3% respectively. More attention should be paid to educating diabetic patients within the chronic disease care national programme.
ISSN:	1020-3397