Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus: Does Gender Make a Difference?

Santos, Patrício Fernando Lemes dos; Santos, Poliana Rodrigues dos; Ferrari, Graziele Souza Lira; Fonseca, Gisele Almeida Amaral; Ferrari, Carlos Kusano Bucalen

doi:10.1016/j.phrp.2014.06.004

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“…Though males had high mean knowledge scores compared to females, this difference was not statistically significant which was comparable to the observations found by Shrestha N et al [27] and Saleh F et al [35]. Contradictory findings were found in studies done by Rhee MK et al [36], Santos PF, et al [37], Thungathurthi S et al [22].…”

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Assessment of knowledge related to diabetes mellitus among patients attending a dental college in Salem city-A cross sectional study

Bharath

Saravanan

Venkatalakshmi

2017

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Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia with a global prevalence rate of 8.3%. Diabetes not only affect general health but also oral health leading to periodontitis. Low level of knowledge about diabetes and lack of awareness regarding preventive options will ultimately impact self-care behavior. To assess diabetes related knowledge among patients attending Vinayaka Mission’s Sankarachariyar (VMS) Dental College outpatient department in Salem city, Tamilnadu. Materials And Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out for about two weeks which encompassed a convenient sample of 400 subjects aged 18-80 years. Knowledge of respondents regarding diabetes was measured using 15 item self-administered modified Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ). Results: When knowledge regarding cause of diabetes was considered, only 40% of subjects were aware that diabetes is not a communicable disease. Almost half (57.5%) of the participants believed that sweet consumption causes diabetes. Furthermore, 55% participants knew that diabetes can damage kidney and around 54.5% agreed that diabetes can also affect dental health. The higher mean knowledge scores was observed among males compared to females and the difference was statistically insignicant (p=0.37). Significantly higher mean knowledge scores were dissipated by subjects with graduation education (p=0.01), those with professional occupation (p=0.02) and participant from urban location (p=0.00). Conclusion: The study showed significantly lower level of awareness regarding diabetes among rural respondents compared to urban residents. Gap related to diabetes mellitus knowledge should be abridged between rural and urban province in order to reduce disease burden and to yield positive health outcomes in the society.KeywordsDiabetes mellitus; Diabetes management; Knowledge; Oral self-care.

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Assessment of knowledge related to diabetes mellitus among patients attending a dental college in Salem city-A cross sectional study

Bharath

Saravanan

Venkatalakshmi

2017

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“…These groups of respondents knew more about diabetes control and how to recognize the symptoms of hyper-and hypoglycemia. Women proved to have better knowledge about diabetes also in a study conducted by Demaio et al who used a self-constructed questionnaire and in a study by Lemes dos Santos et al who used the Portuguese version of a validated questionnaire from the Starr County Diabetes Education Study [10,12]. According to a study conducted in 2010 by Cohen and Stussmann, greater awareness of diabetes among women may be caused by the fact that they are more interested than men in websites providing health-related information, where they can expand their basic knowledge on various diseases, and more often join online chat groups to discuss health topics [17].…”

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“…Due to alarming data, attempts have been made to assess the awareness of diabetes in various regions of the world [1,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. The number of subjects examined in the above studies ranged from 178 people in a study conducted by Lemes dos Santos et al in Brazil [12] to 4,000 people in a study conducted by Dorner et al in Austria [13]. All of the conducted studies were survey based and their aim was to evaluate the knowledge about diabetes in the general population, but the questionnaires used for this purpose were different.…”

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“…All of the conducted studies were survey based and their aim was to evaluate the knowledge about diabetes in the general population, but the questionnaires used for this purpose were different. Some of them were non-validated and created by the authors [7,8,10,11,13] while others were validated questionnaires being used in previous studies [5,6,9,12]. Regardless of the type of the questionnaire used, the results of the conducted surveys indicate low level of knowledge of the respondents about the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and complications of type 2 diabetes.…”

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Knowledge about type 2 diabetes among visitors of two shopping centers in Upper Silesia, Poland: a survey research performed as a part of social action “Health under Control”

Nabrdalik

Kwiendacz

Florczyk

et al. 2018

Clinical Diabetology

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Introduction. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a non-infectious epidemic of the 21 st century; therefore, it is essential to focus on prophylaxis, early detection and proper treatment in order to avoid its complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate diabetes-related knowledge among visitors of two shopping centers in Upper Silesia in Poland. The study was conducted by medical students from Medical University of Silesia in cooperation with the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations in Poland under supervision of doctors from the Department of Internal Diseases, Diabetology and Nephrology in Zabrze. Material and methods. People were invited to fulfill a 12-item questionnaire evaluating the basic diabetesrelated knowledge (among others symptoms of hyperglycemia, risk factors, complications and treatment of diabetes mellitus). They had their weight and height measurement performed as well as glycemia measured with the use of glucometer. Results. 401 out of 1500 invited shopping-center visitors agreed to take part in the study (27%) and their mean score of the diabetes knowledge test was 54.7 ± 18.7% of the correct answers. It turned out that there is an association of knowledge about diabetes with person's age and gender-younger people and women had a better knowledge about diabetes. Conclusions. There should be a great attention paid to different forms of education in order to improve the level of diabetes-related knowledge among the general public as a way to improve early diagnosis and a proper treatment.

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“…[15] In this study the majority of population had only primary education and (17.5%) were illiterate, and only ( In general, DM knowledge in population has positive association with an education degree. [16] Secondly the prevalence of myths is higher in those who have very low income, because those patients who have low income have low level of education and again education have significantly effect on knowledge. In our study, the most common myth is that "in DM sugar cannot be used in any condition", which is not true, as diabetics may consume small amount of sugar, as well as sweets and carbohydrates.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge and Dietary Misconceptions among Diabetic Patients

Akbar¹,

Aqeel²,

Haq³

et al. 2016

JPPCM

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Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major health problem globally and so are misconceptions. Misconceptions can lead to poor glycemic control among diabetic patients and hence may results in complications and therefore increased incidence of morbidity and mortality. Objective: Assessment of knowledge and dietary misconceptions among diabetic patients. Methodology: A cross-sectional prospective study was conducted among diabetic patients for a period of 6 months, using a validated questionnaire. Patients were contacted while attending to a health care facility in Quetta, Pakistan. A self-administered questionnaire was introduced among participants. Assistance was provided to those who could not read or understand the questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed in English and then translated in to Urdu by a language expert. The data were coded and entered to statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20. The responses to the questionnaire were analyzed by performing descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Study showed that almost 83% of diabetic subjects believed that "in diabetes sugar cannot be used at any cost", while 68% believed that special diabetic food is used in diabetes; almost 66% patients admitted that they can suffer from other diseases and infections due to diabetes. Misconceptions were more common among uneducated and low income people. Conclusion: The prevalence of misconceptions about Diabetes is high among uneducated and low income people.

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Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus: Does Gender Make a Difference?

Cited by 31 publications

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Assessment of knowledge related to diabetes mellitus among patients attending a dental college in Salem city-A cross sectional study

Assessment of knowledge related to diabetes mellitus among patients attending a dental college in Salem city-A cross sectional study

Knowledge about type 2 diabetes among visitors of two shopping centers in Upper Silesia, Poland: a survey research performed as a part of social action “Health under Control”

Assessment of Knowledge and Dietary Misconceptions among Diabetic Patients

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