A Need of Saudi Health Promotion Staff for Training on Diabetes Mellitus Health Care Literacy
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a burdening public illness in Saudi Arabia. Controlling diabetes needs multiple inter-professional actions. One of the important professional is health educator. Insufficient knowledge of health educators toward diabetes contributes to poor control of diabetes mellitus impact on patient outcomes. Aim and Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge of diabetes mellitus, risk factors and management of health promotion coordinators in Aseer Province. Methodology: A cross-sectional design conducted on 52 health promotion coordinators in 21 hospitals and 17 primary health care sectors. Self-administered questionnaire consisting of three sections, socio-demographic data, diabetes mellitus risk factors and the validated 24-item Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ-24). Results: The response rate of the survey was 86.5%. The participants were 71% male participant and 30% female participant and most of them employed as nursing job 53% and diploma qualified 73%. In general, 35% of the participant had good knowledge (≥ 80% correct answers), 42% had borderline knowledge (≥60 & ≤ 80% correct answers) and 23 % had poor knowledge (<59% correct answers). Seven of the nine diabetes mellitus risk factors answered correctly by 76% of the participants. The only lowest correct answered risk factors for diabetes were the high cholesterol level (57%) and smoking (51%). Conclusion: The health literacy of diabetes among the health educators found in the study ensure the need for continuous medical education for any health provider in contact with diabetic patients, which can impact the quality of patients' literacy positively and the control of diabetes and its complications.
Authors and Affiliations
Metrek Almetrek, Shadia Alshuraifi, Maha Aseeri, Ahlam Alshehri, Yasmeen Hakami, Sumyyah Mezher, Zahra Alqarni, Marwa Mohammed, Isra Abdallah
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2017.3.1.048
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