دورية أكاديمية
Public knowledge, attitudes and practices toward diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study from Jordan.
| العنوان: | Public knowledge, attitudes and practices toward diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study from Jordan. |
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| المؤلفون: | Mervat Alsous, Mariam Abdel Jalil, Mohanad Odeh, Rasha Al Kurdi, Murhaf Alnan |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 3, p e0214479 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine, Science |
| الوصف: | AimsTo assess the knowledge and practices toward diabetes in the Jordanian community.MethodsThis study was conducted as a public based cross-sectional study in different cities in Jordan. A previously published validated questionnaire about knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward diabetes mellitus (DM) was translated from the Arabic version and used in this study with very minor modification to be suitable for this study of the Jordanian population.ResultsA total of 1,702 participants were recruited in the present study. About half of the participants (53.3%) had good knowledge scores. The respondents' knowledge scores were significantly correlated with attitudes (p < 0.001). The education level (university or higher) and education related to a field were predictors for good knowledge and positive attitudes. About 46.3% of participants had positive attitudes toward the disease. As for practices, 37.7% of participants did not engage in regular exercise while more than half of the study subjects had never checked their blood glucose level on an annual basis. The factors influencing the practice of checking blood glucose level have been investigated.ConclusionThis study has highlighted the need for more educational interventions to address negative attitudes and promote healthy lifestyle practices and regular health checks especially in certain subgroups of patients, such as those not having a degree related to the medical field and not having a first-degree relative with DM. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0214479 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/fd9aee67373845f282a3cdcf9a29ba93 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.fd9aee67373845f282a3cdcf9a29ba93 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 19326203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0214479 |