title: Determination of attitude and knowledge of type 2 diabetic patients towards insulin therapy in Northern Cyprus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the attitude and knowledge of type-2 diabetics related to insulin therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from January to March 2014 at the Dr. Burhan Nalbantoglu Public Hospital, Nicosia in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and comprised patients with type-2 diabetes. The Likert scale was used to score participants' response to questions using the following scoring system: 0 (disagree), 1 (neutral) and 2 (agree). The minimum scoring value for all the questions combined was 0 whereas the maximum scoring value was 50. Patients' attitudes were classified as either high, medium or low based on scores between 0-16, 17-33 and 34-50, respectively. SPSS 16 was used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 271 participants, 165(60.9%) were female and 106(39.1%) male. The overall mean age was 60.3±32.4 years. Moreover, 136(50.3%) participants had a medium attitude and knowledge score towards insulin therapy. men scored significantly better than females (p<0.05). Only 25(9.2%) participants had a high score towards insulin therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The participants were found to have an inadequate attitude and knowledge response to insulin therapy.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus.
authors.forename: Umran Dal
authors.initials: UD
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus.
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003535:Cyprus / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin
keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Insulin therapy, Attitudes and knowledge, Type-2 diabetic patient.