Factors associated with knowledge of the disease in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objective. To identify factors associated with the level of knowledge of the disease in people with type 2 Diabetes. Methods. A cross-sectional study carried out with 412 people with diabetes registered in the Primary Health Care network of a Brazil Northeast municipality. For data collection, we us...

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Published in:Investigación y Educación en Enfermería 2021-01, Vol.39 (1)
Main Authors: Amaral, Verônica Rabelo Santana, Ribeiro, Ícaro José Santos, Montargil Rocha, Roseanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diabetes
diabetes mellitus
Disease management
health education
Knowledge
management
None
Original
primary health care
Questionnaires
risk factors
self
self-management
Sociodemographics
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Summary:Objective. To identify factors associated with the level of knowledge of the disease in people with type 2 Diabetes. Methods. A cross-sectional study carried out with 412 people with diabetes registered in the Primary Health Care network of a Brazil Northeast municipality. For data collection, we used a questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical variables and to identify the level of knowledge, we used the Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire. Results. Insufficient knowledge prevailed in 54.7% of the participants, associated in significant bivariate analysis (p
ISSN:0120-5307
2216-0280
2216-0280
DOI:10.17533/udea.iee.v39n1e02