Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Periodic Screening of Diabetes Mellitus among Teachers in Tikrit City in Iraq.
| Autor: | Mohammed, Mayada Kamel, Khudhair, Maysaloon Ahmed, Ibraheem, Nisreen Mohammed, Abdul Rahman, Afnan Alaa, Saher, Aya Hussein, Aldeen Kasim, Fatin Aaffaa |
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DIABETES prevention
HIGH schools CROSS-sectional method PSYCHOLOGY of teachers COLLEGE teacher attitudes MEDICAL screening DIABETES DIET HEALTH literacy ATTITUDES toward illness QUESTIONNAIRES DESCRIPTIVE statistics HEALTH behavior EXERCISE ELEMENTARY schools HEALTH self-care BEHAVIOR modification SYMPTOMS |
| Zdroj: | Medico-Legal Update; Apr-Jun2021, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p368-373, 6p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: One of the most prevalent chronic diseases is Diabetes mellitus that have adverse effect on the health, and the goal today being placed on disease prevention, controlling and screening. Aim: To assess knowledge, attitude and Practice of periodic screening of DM among teachers in Tikrit city. Subject and Method: The study is a cross-sectional study that had conducted from 1st of November 2018 until 30 of March 2019 on teachers in Tikrit city primary and secondary school using a questionnaire. Results: The knowledge regarding the diabetes and its screening a 24% were good and 46% were accepted regarding the disease symptoms and about its control 84% mention that diet modification is the best way then exercise and medication in lower percent while regarding complications 68% (much of them) knowledge were bad, About the importance of periodic screening the great percentage was yes. Conclusion: There was 93.3% who have knowledge about diabetes mellitus screening among school teachers. Teacher's method for controlling diabetes mostly are diet modifcations 84% then exercise 42.5%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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