Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is the most frequent
endocrinological disease that has very serious complications and in recent
prevalence studies it has been reported that the frequency of the disease has
been increasing. There is a need to increase awareness of the disease in
children diagnosed with T1DM and their families and teachers with whom they
spend most of their times. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects
of T1DM education on awareness of the teachers towards the disease. 203
primary-secondary and high schools in different regions of Istanbul were
reviewed for the year 2009 and a total of 1006 teachers and 114 students diagnosed
with Type-1 DM were included in the first part of study. The participants were
asked to fill in a form that included several questions to assess the awareness
about the disease. Afterwards the teachers were included in a training program
conducted by two pediatricians. In the second part of the study the same teachers
and different 67 students diagnosed with type-1 DM from the same schools were
asked to fill in the same form in 2013. It was observed that educating the
teachers about DM reduced the risk of comatose situations caused by the disease
and the rates of insulin injections in class, eating snacks at school and
self-monitoring of blood glucose at school and home were affected significantly
positively. In addition, the number of children using carbohydrate counting and
the frequency of giving permission for micturition during lessons also significantly
increased after the education. The present study shows that educating teachers
at primary-secondary and high schools about Type-1 DM might affect the
progression of the disease in a positive manner.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
Bölüm | Araştırma Makalesi |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 27 Ocak 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1 |
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