Communication between health workers and patients:An Effective Factor in Living With Diabetes
| Autor: | A Tol, F Majlessi, B Mohebbi, A Rahimi Froshani |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | بیمارستان, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 49-56 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2008-1928 2228-7450 |
| Popis: | Background: Establishing an effective communication between health team professionals and diabetic patients is an important issue in living with type 2 diabetes. This study was conducted to assess communication between health workers as an obstacle in living with diabetes among type 2 diabetic patients referring to affiliated hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.Materials and Methods: This survey was a descriptive, analytic cross-sectional with 600 patients selected by a simple random method. Data were collected using a two part questionnaire including demographic information, health and disease related variables and HbA1C index (containing 10 questions) and communication of health workers with diabetic patients (containing 18 questions) which was measured by a five-level Likert scale [absolutely agree (5) to absolutely disagree (1)]. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire was verified. Questionnaires was filled by interview. SPSS software version 11.5 and descriptive statistical tests (mean and standard deviation) and inferential tests (chisquared, logistic regression model) were used for data analysis. Level of significance was assumed to be less than 0.05.Results: Mean and standard deviation of communication between health workers and patients as an obstacle were 56.78± 7.17. Study results indicated that there were statistically significant relationships between sex(p |
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