Knowledge and Demand for Information about Islet Transplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Autor: Yuko Yamamoto, Masakazu Nishigaki, Naoko Kato, Michio Hayashi, Teruo Shiba, Yasumichi Mori, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Keiko Kazuma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Transplantation, Vol 2011 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-0007
2090-0015
DOI: 10.1155/2011/136298
Popis: This cross-sectional study based on self-administrated questionnaire was conducted to investigate knowledge, related factors, and sources of information regarding islet transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes in Japan. Among 137 patients who provided valid responses, 67 (48.9%) knew about islet transplantation. Their main source of information was newspapers or magazines (56.7%) and television or radio (46.3%). However, 85.8% of patients preferred the attending physician as their source of information. Although more than half of the patients were correctly aware of issues related to islet transplantation, the following specific issues for islet transplantation were not understood or considered, and there was little knowledge of them: need for immunosuppressants, lifestyle and dietary adaptations, fewer bodily burdens, and complications. The experience of hypoglycaemia, a high level of academic background, frequent self-monitoring of blood glucose, and the use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion were related to higher knowledge about islet transplantation.
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