PMID- 38234376
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240119
LR  - 20240202
IS  - 2046-1402 (Electronic)
IS  - 2046-1402 (Linking)
VI  - 12
DP  - 2023
TI  - Dietary knowledge assessment among the patients with type 2 diabetes in Madinah: 
      A cross-sectional study .
PG  - 416
LID - 10.12688/f1000research.131518.2 [doi]
LID - 416
AB  - BACKGROUND: There is a huge burden of nutrition-related non-communicable 
      diseases, and diabetes is one of the leading chronic nutrition-related diseases 
      affecting more than 500 million people globally. Collecting information regarding 
      the awareness of dietary and nutrition knowledge among diabetic patients is the 
      first step to developing a disease prevention program. Thus, this study primarily 
      aims at assessing the dietary awareness of diabetes patients attending the 
      diabetic centre in Madinah governorate, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The study was 
      started in November 2020 and ended in October 2021. The study participants (315) 
      were type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients attending a diabetic centre in 
      Madinah, Saudi Arabia. A self-prepared dietary knowledge questionnaire (DKQ) was 
      used in this research. The variables include balanced diet, food type, food 
      choice, carbohydrate, protein, and fat. Knowledge score was, and the total score 
      was levelled/categorized into 'good', 'average', and 'poor'. Data were analysed 
      by SPSS v.26. RESULTS: The study results identified the current knowledge of T2DM 
      patients about different dietary items. The knowledge score of 62.2% of 
      participants showed an average level of dietary knowledge, which is statistically 
      significant. When we separately evaluated their understanding of different 
      dietary components, we found that T2DM patients had poor knowledge of 
      carbohydrates (30.15%), fat, food choices (47.7%), and type (34.6%). However, 
      they had acceptable knowledge of proteins (56.5%). CONCLUSION: Our participants 
      exhibited acceptable knowledge about proteins but poorer knowledge of other food 
      groups. A healthy, well-balanced diet is essential for excellent glycaemic 
      control. Educating and arranging a health education program regarding dietary 
      knowledge is recommended, specially designed for diabetic patients so that 
      patients can opt for a healthier lifestyle.
CI  - Copyright: (c) 2024 Alharbi M et al.
FAU - Alharbi, Mashael
AU  - Alharbi M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4810-3263
AD  - Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alharbi, Mansour
AU  - Alharbi M
AD  - Ministry of Health, , Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Surrati, Amal
AU  - Surrati A
AD  - Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, Taibah University, 
      Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alhilabi, Mashael
AU  - Alhilabi M
AD  - Ministry of Health, King Abdullah Medical City,, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alrashdi, Ayed
AU  - Alrashdi A
AD  - Riyadh Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Almokhalafi, Majedah
AU  - Almokhalafi M
AD  - Madinah Health Cluster, First Network, Riyadh Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, 
      Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
SI  - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.22122656.v1
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240108
PL  - England
TA  - F1000Res
JT  - F1000Research
JID - 101594320
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Diet
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC10792270
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Saudi Arabia
OT  - Type 2 diabetes mellitus
OT  - awareness
OT  - dietary knowledge
COIS- No competing interests were disclosed.
EDAT- 2024/01/18 06:42
MHDA- 2024/01/19 06:42
PMCR- 2024/01/08
CRDT- 2024/01/18 04:06
PHST- 2024/01/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/01/19 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/18 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/18 04:06 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/01/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.12688/f1000research.131518.2 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - F1000Res. 2024 Jan 8;12:416. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.131518.2. eCollection 
      2023.