Status survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes in community diabetic patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2018.33.016
- VernacularTitle:社区糖尿病患者糖尿病知信行现状调查
- Author:
Xuelian ZHANG
1
;
Qian LI
;
Xihong HUANG
;
Haiyang LIU
;
Wenjin LI
;
Yan WANG
;
Jinqiao ZHAO
;
Jie SHEN
Author Information
1. 221002,徐州医科大学附属徐州市立医院 徐州市第一人民医院内分泌科
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
Community;
Knowledge;
Attitude;
Practice;
Questionnaire survey
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2018;24(33):4046-4050
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the status quo of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of diabetes in community diabetic patients, analyze its influencing factors, and provide a basis for community diabetes prevention and treatment. Methods Totally 820 diabetic patients from a community in Xuzhou were selected by cluster sampling and investigated with the general information questionnaire, diabetes knowledge questionnaire (DKQ), Problem Areas Diabetes Scale (PAID) and Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) between January and November 2017. SPSS19.0 was used for statistical analysis of data. Results The scores of diabetes KAP in the 820 community diabetic patients was (35.92±7.59), (10.95±6.20) and (25.73±7.80), respectively; and there was a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude, attitude and practice, and knowledge and practice (r=0.093,0.102,0.337; P＜0.01). There were significant differences in the scores of knowledge questionnaires of patients with different occupations, educational levels, living conditions, sleep time, course of diabetes, treatment methods and BMI (P＜0.05); the score of attitude was statistically different among diabetic patients of different sex (P＜0.01); and the score of practice was statistically different between diabetic patients with different course of disease, educational background, profession and treatment methods (P＜0.01). Conclusions The KAP level of diabetes in the diabetic patients from the community in Xuzhou was of a failure level. Therefore, diabetes educators should go to grassroots units, enhance health education, and improve the overall ability of community diabetic patients.
