Impact of diabetes continuing education on health care professionals’ attitudes towards diabetes care in a Yemeni city

<p>Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices</p>

“…Given that several other studies have also utilized the DAS-3 to assess PHPs’ attitudes, it is possible to make comparisons. 14 , 20 , 31 , 32 The overall attitude score in this study is similar to the scores reported from Yemen (3.46), UAE (3.80), and Malaysia (3.98) but lower than the mean score of 4.32 reported from the US. 14 , 31 , 32 Thus, despite the fact that almost four-fifths of the participants indicated that they had received training on DM in the five years preceding this survey, many had a higher than neutral attitude towards diabetes and its management.…”

“… 14 , 20 , 31 , 32 The overall attitude score in this study is similar to the scores reported from Yemen (3.46), UAE (3.80), and Malaysia (3.98) but lower than the mean score of 4.32 reported from the US. 14 , 31 , 32 Thus, despite the fact that almost four-fifths of the participants indicated that they had received training on DM in the five years preceding this survey, many had a higher than neutral attitude towards diabetes and its management. The discrepancy between our finding and that of the US study is consistent with earlier arguments that owing to the requirements of regular American certification programs, physicians there tend to have a more positive attitude towards DM care compared to those in developing countries.…”

“…The discrepancy between our finding and that of the US study is consistent with earlier arguments that owing to the requirements of regular American certification programs, physicians there tend to have a more positive attitude towards DM care compared to those in developing countries. 31 Regarding individual domains, PHPs had a mean attitude score of 4.26 in the need for special training, which increased slightly to 4.36 following the training. This implied that the PHPs placed substantial importance on the need for training on DM care.…”

“…14,20,29,32 However, our finding contrasts with those from Yemen, where negative mean attitude scores were reported. 31,33 The differences between these studies may be due to variations in PHPs' experiences with DM care as well as differences in cultural interpretations of the seriousness of DM.…”

“…This finding is consistent with those of Gagliardino et al, Sales et al, Bani-issa et al, and Lim et al, who reported values of between 3.5 and 4.0. 29,31,32,35 The fifth sub-scale measured the participants' perceptions of patients' role in their own care, that is, attitudes towards patient autonomy. As per the results, PHPs had a higher than neutral attitude score (pre-test mean = 3.80, post-test mean = 3.90).…”