The World Health Organization (WHO) describes diabetes mellitus (DM) as the most common endocrine disease in the world. In the year 2000, diabetes affects more than 230 million people worldwide, and according to the most recent projections, it is expected to affect 370 million people by the year 2030. [1] For Egypt, the total projected number of people with diabetes is about 6.7 million (9%). [2] Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is a debilitating disorder that occurs in nearly 50% of patients with diabetes. It is a late fi nding in type 1 diabetes, but can be an early fi nding in type 2 diabetes. Neuropathy is estimated to be present in 7.5% of patients at the time of diabetes diagnosis. [3-7] DN can affect any part of the nervous system. This nerve disorder should be suspected in all the patients with type 2 diabetes and in patients who have had type 1 diabetes for more than 5 years. In Background: Diabetic neuropathy (DN) can affect any part of the nervous system and should be suspected in all patients who have had diabetes for more than 5 years. Family physicians (FPs) can play an important role with the care and education of people with diabetes. They can augment the knowledge and motivate the diabetics to acquire a healthy life style, which would further lead to a good glycemic control providing protection from the chronic complications. Lack of compliance with the guidelines on the part of the diabetic subjects, indicates defi ciencies in the FPs' knowledge, implementation techniques, and attitude problems. Therefore, the present study was conducted to assess FPs' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding DN for further educational interventions that will improve their quality of care for diabetic patients in family practice centers. Materials and Methods: The study population was 60 FPs working in family practice centers affi liated to Suez Canal University Hospitals. The questionnaire composed of three groups of questions to collect data for evaluation of knowledge, attitude, and practice; two written patient problems to assess their practice and two questions to assess barriers and recommendations of physicians. To pass the evaluation; 50, 80, and 60% were the cut off points to pass the evaluation for knowledge, attitude, and practice, respectively. Results: 48.3, 66.7, and 43.3% of the evaluated FPs passed the knowledge, attitude, and practice assessment, respectively. Eighty-fi ve percent of physicians felt that they need more knowledge and training in DN management. Physicians' qualifi cation (P = 0.037) was a signifi cant variable in passing the knowledge test, but qualifi cation and experience years (P = 0.007 and 0.035, respectively) were signifi cant variables in passing the practice test. There was a positive signifi cant (P = 0.021) correlation between practice and knowledge score. Postgraduate knowledge accounts the majority (78.3%) as a source of information about DN. Providing physicians with standardized guidelines (81.7%), continuous medical education seminars (76.7%) and training courses (76.7%)...
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