Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary health care physicians regarding the pre-travel counselling of patients with type 2 diabetes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Autor: Alduraibi RK; King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. Ralduraibi@gmail.com.; Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, Box 2925, Riyadh, PO, 11461, Saudi Arabia. Ralduraibi@gmail.com., Almigbal TH; Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Alrasheed AA; Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Batais MA; Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC family practice [BMC Fam Pract] 2020 Sep 24; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 200. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 24.
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-020-01273-z
Abstrakt: Background: Travel has become an integral part of Saudi life. People with diabetes face many challenges while travelling that can have detrimental effects on glycaemic control. However, no previous studies have investigated pre-travel counselling in Saudi Arabia. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary health care (PHC) physicians regarding pre-travel counselling for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in PHC centres under the Ministry of Health in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during the period 2018-2019. A cluster multistage random sampling technique was used to recruit physicians. The data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire.
Results: Three hundred and eighty-five primary health care physicians were recruited. This study showed that more than half (57.9%) of PHC physicians had poor knowledge scores. Additionally, the following characteristics were significantly associated with poor knowledge: being younger in age, being male, being Saudi, being a general practitioner, and having limited (0-5 years) experience. A total of 183 (47.5%) subjects showed disagreement attitudes towards the importance of pre-travel counselling among patients with diabetes. Furthermore, these disagreement attitudes were significantly associated with being older and having more years of experience. The majority (62.6%) of the physicians had poor practice scores. Poor practices were detected among physicians who were younger, male, and Saudi and who had a general practitioner specialty and degree.
Conclusions: It could be concluded that a gap was detected in the knowledge and practices of primary health care physicians regarding pre-travel counselling for people with type 2 diabetes. Therefore, it is necessary to create easily accessible travel medicine education programmes for Saudi PHC providers to improve the management of travellers with diabetes.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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