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The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications
Abstract
Objective: Disease awareness is a pivotal factor in the management of illness. In chronic and progressive conditions, such as diabetes mellitus (DM), this awareness can be as effective as pharmacological interventions. This study aimed to assess how aware diabetic patients are of the complications of their disease.
Method: This cross-sectional survey included patients diagnosed with DM. A total of 14 survey questions, divided into 7 different categories, were directed at the patients. The singular questions evaluated the patients' awareness of the complications, while the associated-secondary questions aimed to inquire about the sources of their awareness.
Result: In this study, a survey was conducted with 300 diabetic patients, yielding a response rate of 90.2%. The mean age was 53 years. The level of awareness of complications was high among all patients (80.5%). The awareness level of ocular-related complications was the highest, while that of neuropathy was the lowest (50%). When patients were categorized by educational status, education increased awareness but decreased adherence to combined drug use. The patients' doctors were identified as the most significant source of support for raising awareness of complications. This support was further enhanced by the educational level.
Conclusion: High levels of awareness of complications related to diabetes, still being primarily provided by doctors, and improvement of patients' educational status, can lead to a decrease in the number of patients with a poor prognosis. Therefore, increasing awareness of diabetes-related complications and improving patients' educational status may positively impact reducing the incidence of poor prognosis among diabetes patients.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
October 20, 2023
Submission Date
May 10, 2023
Acceptance Date
September 15, 2023
Published in Issue
Year 2023 Volume: 15 Number: 3
APA
Akay Çizmecioglu, H., Göktepe, M. H., & Cizmecioglu, A. (2023). The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications. Konuralp Medical Journal, 15(3), 353-359. https://doi.org/10.18521/ktd.1295314
AMA
1.Akay Çizmecioglu H, Göktepe MH, Cizmecioglu A. The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications. Konuralp Medical Journal. 2023;15(3):353-359. doi:10.18521/ktd.1295314
Chicago
Akay Çizmecioglu, Hilal, Mevlüt Hakan Göktepe, and Ahmet Cizmecioglu. 2023. “The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications”. Konuralp Medical Journal 15 (3): 353-59. https://doi.org/10.18521/ktd.1295314.
EndNote
Akay Çizmecioglu H, Göktepe MH, Cizmecioglu A (October 1, 2023) The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications. Konuralp Medical Journal 15 3 353–359.
IEEE
[1]H. Akay Çizmecioglu, M. H. Göktepe, and A. Cizmecioglu, “The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications”, Konuralp Medical Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 353–359, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.18521/ktd.1295314.
ISNAD
Akay Çizmecioglu, Hilal - Göktepe, Mevlüt Hakan - Cizmecioglu, Ahmet. “The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications”. Konuralp Medical Journal 15/3 (October 1, 2023): 353-359. https://doi.org/10.18521/ktd.1295314.
JAMA
1.Akay Çizmecioglu H, Göktepe MH, Cizmecioglu A. The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications. Konuralp Medical Journal. 2023;15:353–359.
MLA
Akay Çizmecioglu, Hilal, et al. “The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications”. Konuralp Medical Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, Oct. 2023, pp. 353-9, doi:10.18521/ktd.1295314.
Vancouver
1.Hilal Akay Çizmecioglu, Mevlüt Hakan Göktepe, Ahmet Cizmecioglu. The Crucial Role of Awareness and Education in Promoting Effective Diabetes Self-Management and Reducing the Risk of Complications. Konuralp Medical Journal. 2023 Oct. 1;15(3):353-9. doi:10.18521/ktd.1295314
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