[Knowledge of patients with type 2 diabetes about their condition in Sousse, Tunisia].
We assessed the knowledge of 404 type 2 diabetic patients about their condition in order to evaluate the quality of diabetes education in primary health care units in Sousse in 2003. We found that knowledge was satisfactory in only 59% of the patients. Their knowledge about the definition of diabetes and its pathophysiology were the 2 main areas where knowledge was lacking: the proportion of correct answers were 62.6% and 50.3% respectively. More attention should be paid to educating diabetic patients within the chronic disease care national programme.
Ben Abdelaziz
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Département de Santé communautaire, Faculté de Médecine de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisie. ahmed_epidemio@yahoo.fr
Thabet
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Soltane
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Gaha
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Gaha
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Tlili
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Ghannem
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D015984:Causality; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology