PMID- 33750352
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210521
LR  - 20210521
IS  - 1471-2458 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2458 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Mar 9
TI  - Knowledge, attitude, and practice of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with 
      regard to their disease: a cross-sectional study among Palestinians of the West 
      Bank.
PG  - 472
LID - 10.1186/s12889-021-10524-2 [doi]
LID - 472
AB  - BACKGROUND: In Palestine, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a rapidly growing 
      health concern. This study evaluated knowledge, attitude, and practice of 
      patients with T2DM with regard to their disease. The study also investigated 
      association and correlation between knowledge, attitude, and practice with 
      sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patients. Predictors of 
      higher knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice were also identified. 
      METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in primary healthcare 
      facilities frequently visited by patients with T2DM across the West Bank of 
      Palestine in the period of October 2018 to January 2019. An interviewer 
      administered questionnaire was used to determine knowledge, attitude and practice 
      of patients with T2DM with regard to their disease. RESULTS: Out of 300 patients 
      invited, 220 (73.3%) patients responded. In this study, the median age was 
      57.0 years (51.0, 65.0), the median time elapsed since diagnosis with T2DM was 
      7.0 years (4.0, 14.0), the median fasting blood glucose was 150.0 mg/dL (128.8, 
      180.0), the median postprandial glucose was 230.0 mg/dL (200.0, 270.0), the 
      median HbA(1c) was 7.8% (7.0, 8.53), and the median BMI was 28.8 kg/m(2) (25.5, 
      33.1). The median knowledge score was 6.0/13.0 (4.5/13.0, 7.5/13.0), the median 
      attitude score was 3.0/4.0 (2.0/4.0, 4.0/4.0), and the median practice score was 
      3.0 (1.0/5.0, 4.0/5.0). Having university education was strongly associated with 
      having higher knowledge scores (p-value = 0.001). Additionally, having attended 
      an educational program on diabetes was moderately associated with higher practice 
      scores (p-value = 0.026). CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study highlighted the 
      need for appropriately designed interventions to increase knowledge about T2DM 
      among patients with low educational level. Well-designed educational programs 
      might promote healthy practice among patients with T2DM. Future studies are still 
      needed to assess if such interventions could be effective in improving health 
      outcomes and quality of life of patients with T2DM in Palestine.
FAU - Shawahna, Ramzi
AU  - Shawahna R
AD  - Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine & 
      Health Sciences, New Campus, Building: 19, Office: 1340, An-Najah National 
      University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine. ramzi_shawahna@hotmail.com.
AD  - An-Najah BioSciences Unit, Centre for Poisons Control, Chemical and Biological 
      Analyses, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine. 
      ramzi_shawahna@hotmail.com.
FAU - Samaro, Saed
AU  - Samaro S
AD  - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah 
      National University, Nablus, Palestine.
FAU - Ahmad, Zaid
AU  - Ahmad Z
AD  - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah 
      National University, Nablus, Palestine.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210309
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Public Health
JT  - BMC public health
JID - 100968562
SB  - IM
MH  - Arabs
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Middle East/epidemiology
MH  - Quality of Life
PMC - PMC7941958
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Associated factors
OT  - Attitude
OT  - Diabetes mellitus
OT  - Knowledge
OT  - Palestine
OT  - Practices
COIS- All authors report no competing interests.
EDAT- 2021/03/23 06:00
MHDA- 2021/05/22 06:00
PMCR- 2021/03/09
CRDT- 2021/03/22 18:04
PHST- 2020/11/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/03/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/03/22 18:04 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/03/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/05/22 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/03/09 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-021-10524-2 [pii]
AID - 10524 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-021-10524-2 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Public Health. 2021 Mar 9;21(1):472. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10524-2.