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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bukhsh, Allah
• Khan, Tahir Mehmood
• Sarfraz Nawaz, Muhammad
• Sajjad Ahmed, Hafiz
• Chan, Kok Gan
• Goh, Bey-Hing

Titel

Association of diabetes knowledge with glycemic control and self-care practices among Pakistani people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Ist Teil von

• Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity, 2019-08, Vol.12, p.1409-1417

Ort / Verlag

New Zealand: Dove Medical Press Limited

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

EZB Free E-Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study explored the relationship of disease knowledge with glycemic control and self-care practices in adult Pakistani people diabetes (PWD). People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (n=218) were selected from three health care centers, located in different cities of Pakistan. Disease knowledge and self-care practices were assessed by Urdu versions of Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ) and Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ), using a cross-sectional design. Chi-square and correlation analysis were applied to explore the relationship of disease knowledge with glycemic control and self-care practices. Linear regression was used to explore the predictors for disease knowledge. Majority of the sample was >45-60 years old (48.8%), suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus for <5 years (49.5%) and had poor glycemic control (HbA1C≥7%; n=181 participants). Disease knowledge was significantly associated ( <0.05) with patient's gender, level of education, family history of diabetes, nature of euglycemic therapy, and glycemic control. Correlation matrix showed strongly inverse correlations of DKQ with glycated hemoglobin levels (r=-0.62; <0.001) and strongly positive with DSMQ sum scale (r=0.63; <0.001). PWD having university-level education (β=0.22; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.189, 0.872; <0.01), doing job (β=0.22; 95% CI 0.009, 0.908]; =0.046), and use of oral hypoglycemic agents in combination with insulin (β=-0.16; 95% CI [-1.224, -0.071]; =0.028) were the significant predictors for disease knowledge. Disease knowledge significantly correlated with glycated hemoglobin levels and self-care activities of PWD. These findings will help in designing patient-tailored diabetes educational interventions for yielding a higher probability of achieving target glycemic control.