Status survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes in community diabetic patients

Abstract

Objective To explore the status quo of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of diabetes in community diabetic patients, analyze its influencing factors, and provide a basis for community diabetes prevention and treatment. Methods Totally 820 diabetic patients from a community in Xuzhou were selected by cluster sampling and investigated with the general information questionnaire, diabetes knowledge questionnaire (DKQ) , Problem Areas Diabetes Scale (PAID) and Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) between January and November 2017. SPSS19.0 was used for statistical analysis of data. Results The scores of diabetes KAP in the 820 community diabetic patients was (35.92±7.59) , (10.95±6.20) and (25.73±7.80) , respectively; and there was a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude, attitude and practice, and knowledge and practice (r=0.093, 0.102, 0.337; P<0.01) . There were significant differences in the scores of knowledge questionnaires of patients with different occupations, educational levels, living conditions, sleep time, course of diabetes, treatment methods and BMI (P<0.05) ; the score of attitude was statistically different among diabetic patients of different sex (P<0.01) ; and the score of practice was statistically different between diabetic patients with different course of disease, educational background, profession and treatment methods (P<0.01) . Conclusions The KAP level of diabetes in the diabetic patients from the community in Xuzhou was of a failure level. Therefore, diabetes educators should go to grassroots units, enhance health education, and improve the overall ability of community diabetic patients. Key words: Diabetes mellitus; Community; Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Questionnaire survey