title: Analysis of the declared nutritional behaviours in a group of diabetology nurses educating patients about diabetes diet therapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The proper nutrition in diabetes is one of the crucial elements of therapy, but in practice, diet of diabetic individuals is commonly improperly balanced, that is associated with lack of nutritional knowledge. The nurses are also often characterized by insufficient knowledge about diabetes diet therapy and poor nutritional behaviors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to analyze of the declared nutritional behaviors in a group of diabetology nurses and to compare it with declared nutritional behaviors of the control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  The group of 52 nurses recruited from all the regions of Poland working with diabetic patients was analysed and compared with control group of 63 individuals - random non-diabetic patients from all the regions of Poland. They were asked about accomplishing practical recommended nutritional goals for adults in Poland and were able to indicate if they follow detailed recommended nutritional goals "always" (3 points), "sometimes" (1 point) or "never" (0 points).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The diabetology nurses rarely declared fish and legumes intake (never or sometimes accomplishing goal: 87%), milk and dairy products intake (75%), as well as moderate sugar and sweets intake (69%). Nurses significantly rarer than control group declared regularity of meals (p=0.0000) and diversion of meals (p=0.0000). The lack of correlation between number of years of working with diabetic individuals and number of obtained points during assessment of nutritional behaviors was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nutritional behaviors of diabetology nurses are not good, even if they educate diabetic patients on daily basis. Nutritional education should be conducted not only in groups of diabetic patients, but also, in groups of diabetology nurses.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Dietetics, Department of Dietetics, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Dominika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Głąbska
authors.affiliation: Chair of Dietetics, Department of Dietetics, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Włodarek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D003927:Diet, Diabetic / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011044:Poland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires