Hypoglycemia prevention practice and its associated factors among diabetes patients at university teaching hospital in Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study

Hypoglycemia is a true medical emergency, which needs prompt recognition and treatment to prevent organ damage and mortality. Knowledge about the prevention of hypoglycemia is an important step to self-care practice because informed people are more likely to have a better hypoglycemia prevention pra...

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Published in:PloS one 2020-08, Vol.15 (8), p.e0238094-e0238094
Main Authors: Muche, Esileman Abdela, Mekonen, Banchamlak Teferi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Behavior
Biology and Life Sciences
Carbohydrates
Cardiovascular disease
Confidence intervals
Cross-sectional studies
Damage prevention
Data collection
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetics
Education
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Glucose
Health literacy
Health sciences
Hypoglycemia
Illiteracy
Insulin
Knowledge
Medicine and Health Sciences
Patients
Pharmacy
Physical Sciences
Population
Prevention
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Sample size
Social Sciences
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
Studies
Surveys
Teaching hospitals
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Summary:Hypoglycemia is a true medical emergency, which needs prompt recognition and treatment to prevent organ damage and mortality. Knowledge about the prevention of hypoglycemia is an important step to self-care practice because informed people are more likely to have a better hypoglycemia prevention practice. The aim of this study was to explore hypoglycemia prevention practice and its associated factors among diabetes patients at a university teaching hospital in Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 422 systematically selected diabetic patients at the University of Gondar Referral and Teaching Hospital. Data were collected using a pre-tested, structured, and interviewer-administered questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS version 20 and associated variables were measured using binary logistic regression and within 95% confidence interval. A p-value
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0238094