scholarly journals Diabetes-care practices and related awareness amongst type-2 diabetes patients attending diabetes OPD at a tertiary care hospital in southwestern Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 2085
Author(s):  
Ali Al Bshabshe ◽  
MohammadTauheed Ahmad ◽  
OhoodA. Ayed Assiri ◽  
AbeerA Assery ◽  
GhaidaA Aljadhaa ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (90) ◽  
pp. 5399-5404
Author(s):  
Anand Kalakappa Koppad ◽  
Gavisiddanagowda Patil ◽  
Basavaraj Devendrappa Baligar ◽  
Varun Bhaktarahalli Renukappa

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (36) ◽  
pp. 2630-2635
Author(s):  
Aaliya Rukhsar Mohammad Ashfaque ◽  
Najnin Khanam ◽  
Farhan Khan ◽  
Rutuj Narendra Waghmare ◽  
Shobha Kanhaiyalal Joshi

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 402-406
Author(s):  
Mubashra Butt ◽  
Adliah Mhd Ali ◽  
Mohd Makmor Bakry

Background: This study evaluated the association between self-reported adherence with concurrent and subsequent glycemic control amongst type 2 diabetes patients at a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. Methods: Demographic and clinical variables were assessed at baseline, after three and six months in 73 type 2 diabetes patients. Regression analysis, using SPSS, evaluated the concurrent and longitudinal association of medication adherence and glycemic control. Potential confounders of variables were identified using bi-variate correlation analyses. Results: Concurrent Medication adherence and HbA1c association were significant after adjusting for ethnicity (P = 0.005). For longitudinal observation at 3 months, the association was significant after adjusting for ethnicity (P = 0.016); however, it became non-significant when baseline glycemic control was included in the model (P = 0.28). Conclusion: Easy to administer MALMAS significantly predicted concurrent glycemic control independent of potential confounders. This association persisted in longitudinal observation after 3 months when adjusted for confounders and became non-significant after adjusting for baseline glycemic control.


Author(s):  
Vimal Pahuja ◽  
Genevie Fernandes ◽  
Nilesh Chatterjee

Objective: An estimated 72 million in India live with diabetes; the country faces an impending health-care crisis with prevalence and complications of diabetes forecasted to multiply in the next decade. Improving patients’ knowledge about diabetes to manage the disease better is an urgent and important public health goal.Methods: Knowledge about diabetes, its complications, and management was surveyed using a structured questionnaire among 167 Type 2 diabetes patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India.Results: None of the participants had ever received any formal diabetes self-management education previously. Respondents’ mean and median correct knowledge scores were 20 of 32 test items. Although majority answered statements about blood sugar levels and complications, there was lack of knowledge about the causes and management of diabetes. Around 82% stated that medication was more important than dietary intake and physical activity in managing diabetes. A multiple regression model showed that postgraduate or graduate level education, not being married, having two or less children, and visiting a doctor 1–3 times a year (as compared to more than three visits) was independently associated with higher diabetes knowledge scores (*p<0.05) in this sample.Conclusion: An information disparity exists between patients who have higher levels of education versus those with lesser education. Future research will have to examine the mechanisms by which higher education contributes to better knowledge, and facilitate the design of diabetes education programs that bridge information gaps and improve required competencies in patients to better manage their condition.


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