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An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus

Purposes: This study aimed to (1) assess the level of diabetes self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus and (2) examine the relationship between patients' diabetes self-care knowledge and their demographic and medical characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used...

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Main Authors: Soh, Kim Lam, Alhaik, Sari, Anshasi, Huda A., Alkhawaldeh, Jafar, Naji, Aseel Mazen
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Published: Elsevier 2019
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spelling my.upm.eprints.805812021-01-26T20:31:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80581/ An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus Soh, Kim Lam Alhaik, Sari Anshasi, Huda A. Alkhawaldeh, Jafar Naji, Aseel Mazen Purposes: This study aimed to (1) assess the level of diabetes self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus and (2) examine the relationship between patients' diabetes self-care knowledge and their demographic and medical characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to implement the study. A convenience sample of 273 diabetic patients were recruited from five primary health-care centers in Amman- Jordan. Results: The overall level of knowledge of diabetes self-care in the total sample was moderate (58.28% (SD = 18.24)). The highest level of knowledge was meal planning (70.2%) followed by monitoring, causes of diabetes, foot care, symptoms and complication, diabetic medication, and the lowest level was exercise (42.5%). Furthermore, knowledge of diabetes self-care was found to be associated with age, educational status, diabetic medications and years with diabetes. Conclusion: and Practice implications: The study findings emphasized that diabetic patients had a moderate level of knowledge and there were many of the learning needs for each area of knowledge. The health-care professional has an important role in developing the appropriate diabetes educational programs based on patients' learning needs and patients' characteristics. These programs that enhances knowledge on diabetes could be reduced or prevented diabetes-related complications. Elsevier 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80581/1/DIABETIS.pdf Soh, Kim Lam and Alhaik, Sari and Anshasi, Huda A. and Alkhawaldeh, Jafar and Naji, Aseel Mazen (2019) An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 13 (1). pp. 390-394. ISSN 1878-0334; ESSN: 1871-4021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871402118304077?via=ihub 10.1016/j.dsx.2018.10.010
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description Purposes: This study aimed to (1) assess the level of diabetes self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus and (2) examine the relationship between patients' diabetes self-care knowledge and their demographic and medical characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to implement the study. A convenience sample of 273 diabetic patients were recruited from five primary health-care centers in Amman- Jordan. Results: The overall level of knowledge of diabetes self-care in the total sample was moderate (58.28% (SD = 18.24)). The highest level of knowledge was meal planning (70.2%) followed by monitoring, causes of diabetes, foot care, symptoms and complication, diabetic medication, and the lowest level was exercise (42.5%). Furthermore, knowledge of diabetes self-care was found to be associated with age, educational status, diabetic medications and years with diabetes. Conclusion: and Practice implications: The study findings emphasized that diabetic patients had a moderate level of knowledge and there were many of the learning needs for each area of knowledge. The health-care professional has an important role in developing the appropriate diabetes educational programs based on patients' learning needs and patients' characteristics. These programs that enhances knowledge on diabetes could be reduced or prevented diabetes-related complications.
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author Soh, Kim Lam
Alhaik, Sari
Anshasi, Huda A.
Alkhawaldeh, Jafar
Naji, Aseel Mazen
spellingShingle Soh, Kim Lam
Alhaik, Sari
Anshasi, Huda A.
Alkhawaldeh, Jafar
Naji, Aseel Mazen
An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus
author_facet Soh, Kim Lam
Alhaik, Sari
Anshasi, Huda A.
Alkhawaldeh, Jafar
Naji, Aseel Mazen
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title An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus
title_short An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus
title_full An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus
title_fullStr An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus
title_full_unstemmed An assessment of self-care knowledge among patients with diabetes mellitus
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publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80581/1/DIABETIS.pdf
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