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Consciousness Level and Disease Awareness among Patients with Diabetese

Diyabetik Hastalarda Hastalık Bilinç Düzeyi ve Farkındalık

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101–104
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2022-10-19
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When the answers of the questionnaire were evaluated, it was found that the knowledge and awareness of the disease was not sufficient.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Diabetes mellitus is an important health issue with its increasing incidence, prevalence, complications, and accompanying economic burden.
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Key Findings & Data:Methods: Eighty-seven patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged above 30 years and who had been tested for their blood glucose and HbA1c levels during the last 3 months in the internal medicine outpatient clinic were included in the study.
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Conclusion & Impact:When the answers of the questionnaire were evaluated, it was found that the knowledge and awareness of the disease was not sufficient.
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📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
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Abstract

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is an important health issue with its increasing incidence, prevalence, complications, and accompanying economic burden. Prevention of this problem is only possible with an enhancement of knowledge and awareness of this disease. In this study, we aimed to point out the awareness and conception of this disease in patients with diabetes. Methods: Eighty-seven patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged above 30 years and who had been tested for their blood glucose and HbA1c levels during the last 3 months in the internal medicine outpatient clinic were included in the study. Questions, including sociodemographic description, were asked and a 5-step questionnaire was applied to patients regarding diabetes, and their answers were classified and evaluated. Results: Most of the patients had low educational level, diabetes duration of more than 5 years, and accompanying diseases. Although the patients generally had HbA1c levels above ideal levels, very small percentage of the patients were receiving insulin therapy; they mostly used oral antidiabetics, despite their diabetes being unregulated. When the answers of the questionnaire were evaluated, it was found that the knowledge and awareness of the disease was not sufficient. Thus, patients mostly had complications and accompanying diseases. Conclusion: Patient education aims to deal with diseases, to keep the disease under control, to make patients follow diet, physical exercise, and medical therapy, to regularly control lifestyle, and to develop the feeling of responsibility. Right precision of the disease and sufficient knowledge is essential for the management of diabetes.

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Amaç: Diyabetes mellitus artan insidans ve prevalansı, komplikasyonları ve getirdiği ekonomik yükle önemli bir sağlık sorunu halini almıştır. Bu sorunun önlenmesi hastalıkla ilgili bilgi ve bilincin arttırılmasıyla mümkün olacaktır. Bu çalışmada; diyabet hastalarının, hastalıkları ile ilgili algı ve bilinç düzeyini ortaya koymak amaçlanmıştır. Yöntemler: Dahiliye polikliniğinden takipli, 30 yaş üstü, Tip 2 diyabet tanısı almış ve son 3 ay içinde ölçülmüş HbA1c ve açlık kan şekeri değeri (AKŞ) bulunan, farklı nedenlerle polikliniğe başvuran 87 hastaya sosyo-demografik tanımlamayı içeren sorular sorulmuş ve diyabetle ilgili 5 soruluk bir anket yapılmış, cevaplar kaydedilip sınıflandırılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Hastaların çoğunluğu düşük eğitim düzeyine sahiptir, diyabet süresi 5 yıldan uzun ve ek hastalıkları mevcuttur. HbA1c değerleri büyük oranda hedeflenen düzeylerin üzerinde olmasına rağmen çok küçük bir kısım hasta insülin kullanmakta, büyük bir bölümü ise diyabetleri regüle olmamasına rağmen halen oral antidiyabetik kullanımına devam etmektedir. Hastalıkları ile ilgili sorulan soruların yanıtları değerlendirildiğinde ise halen diyabet ile ilgili farkındalık ve bilgi düzeyinin yeterli olmadığı görülmektedir. Bu nedenle de komplikasyonlara maruz kalıp ek hastalıkları bulunmaktadır. Sonuç: Hasta eğitimi; hastalıklarla başa çıkabilmek, hastalığı kontrol altında tutabilmek, sağlığı olumlu yönde geliştirmek için gerekli diyet, egzersiz, dü- zenli ilaç kullanımı, düzenli takip gibi tutum ve davranışları alışkanlık haline getirerek bireylerde sorumluluk duygusunu geliştirmeyi amaçlar. Bireylerin hastalıkları doğru algılaması ve hastalığı ile ilgili doğru bilgi düzeyine ulaş- ması, diyabet hastalığını doğru yönetmede önemli bir etkiye sahiptir.

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ACAR, Ş., AKBAŞ, F., ŞAK, T., ŞAK, D. U., NİYAZOĞLU, M., ATMACA, H. U. (2022). Consciousness Level and Disease Awareness among Patients with Diabetese. İstanbul Medical Journal, Cilt: 16 - Sayı: 3, 101–104. https://ajindex.com/articles/552141

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