ECE2022 Eposter Presentations Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition (318 abstracts)
Correlation of knowledge and self-care with glycemic control in people with diabetes
Smaragdi Boulazeri 1 , Anastasia Ntikoudi 1 , Anna Kavga 1 , Martha Kelesi 1 , Polyxeni Mangoulia 2 , Eleni Evangelou 1 , Athanasios Tsartsalis 3 , John Komninos 3 , Andromachi Vryonidou- Bompota 4 & Eugenia Vlachou 1
1University of West Attica, Nursing, Greece; 2Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; 3Athens Naval Hospital, Endocrinology Department, Athens, Greece; 4Korgialenio- Benakio General Hospital, Endocrinology Department, Athens, Greece
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease that shows a rapid increase over the recent years and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Thus new ways of prevention and treatment are needed and constantly being developed. As a lifelong challenge, DM is likely to affect one’s life in a variety of ways. It requires daily planning and decision making. Self-care is a vital component of the disease. Knowledge consists of information about the disease and its management, which makes people with DM capable to carry out self-care activities. Knowledge about DM, its course and its treatment and how all of these factor work together are prerequisites for an sufficient level of self-care.
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between knowledge and self-care of people with DM in accordance with their glycemic control.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 98 people with type 1 and type 2 DM, aged 18-50 years old. A convenience sample was used, and the data were collected through anonymous questionnaires.
Results: The average score of people’s knowledge regarding the diabetes disease showed a good level of knowledge. The results showed a moderate level of knowledge of the participants in insulin use. People with better knowledge of insulin use, younger people, people with lower body mass index, and people with shorter duration of diabetes appeared to have better level of knowledge in physical activity. Regarding the level of care of the lower extremities, a moderate level of care was observed. The average overall medication score showed a fairly good level of compliance with the treatment. It was also found that the average overall nutrition score was relatively good. In terms of physical activity, it was found that the average overall score was low, which indicates a low level of physical activity of the participants.
Conclusion: These results indicate the need to improve education of people with diabetes, in subjects related to the disease in order to enhance their capacity for self-care. Factors that have been shown to influence both the level of knowledge and the self-care activities need to be considered in the individualized diabetes education.
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