ECE2024 Eposter Presentations Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition (383 abstracts)
Therapeutic education in type 2 diabetes, what is the relationship?
Mouna Elleuch , Insaf Nasri , Wissal Ghamgui , Khouloud Boujelbene , Charfi Nadia , Dhouha Ben Salah , Mouna Mnif , Fatma Mnif , Feten Hadj Kacem , Mohammed Abid & Nabila Rekike
Hedi Chaker Hospital, Endocrinology and Diabetology Department, Sfax, Tunisia
Background: Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE) is an educational process designed to guid people with chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, to improve health care self management.
Aim: Our study seeks to determine the relationship of diabetic patients with therapeutic education programmes.
Methods: Our study involved 61 type 2 diabetic patients followed at the endocrinology department of the university hospital or followed at the city basic health centre.
Results: The mean age was 61±10 years. Females predominated (60.7%), with a sex ratio (M/F) of 0.65\. We found that only one patient participated in a diabetes association. The most common explanation was "I didn’t think there was such an association" and the second reason was "I’m not interested". Only 24.6% of patients were aware of therapeutic education programs. The medical and paramedical framework, as part of complementary care, was the main source of education (93.4%) required by patients. The majority (75%) of our population preferred an individual education programmes, the remainder (25%) preferred TVE in a group setting. Brochures and documents related to prescriptions were the most frequently requested by our patients (46%).
Conclusion: Despite the clinical and personal benefits offered by diabetes education, programmes of TPE are under-estimated by patients, with a lack of interest in the educational process.
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