Correlation between glycemic control and knowledge in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated at the Family Health Center of the Araucanía region, Chile
| Autor: | Marcelo Rosas-Muñoz, Camila Chávez-Sepúlveda, Manuel Alarcón-Hormazabal, Fabiola Godoy, Paulina Vásquez-Aguilar, Fredy Cea-Leiva |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, Vol 66, Iss 4, Pp 589-593 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0120-0011 2357-3848 03431398 |
| DOI: | 10.15446/revfacmed.v66n4.60464 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is a public health problem considering its magnitude and repercussions. Objective: To determine the correlation between glycemic control and the level of knowledge about their disease in patients with DM2. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 65 adults with DM2, aged between 55 and 74 years. The Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center’s Revised Diabetes Knowledge Test was applied to measure the level of knowledge about DM2. Glycemic control was determined based on the last glycosylated hemoglobin value. Information on educational attainment, years of diagnosis of the disease and use of insulin therapy was obtained from clinical records. Results: Patients with a sufficient level of knowledge of their disease had better glycemic control than those whose knowledge was insufficient (p |
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