Health of Populations in Transition Research Group, Cameroon, France.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010 Dec;90(3):312-8. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.06.029. Epub 2010 Oct 8.
A good knowledge about diabetes could lead to early diagnosis and improved management.
To evaluate the level of diabetes awareness in Cameroonians, and to identify factors that influence this awareness.
In subjects aged ≥ 25 years (n=1000, 93.4% of response), details regarding risk factors, symptoms, treatment and complications of type 2 diabetes were collected. One mark was attributed to each true answer and a global diabetes awareness score was computed. Influence of age, gender, educational level, occupational level, notion of a relative having a chronic condition and presence of chronic disease were analyzed.
Eighty percent of subjects scored more than the total mean score. The highest score obtained by participants (0.10%) was 28/30. The mean total score was higher in men (p < 0.02) and in subjects with a relative having a chronic condition (p < 0.001). In multivariate analyses, age classes (p < 0.01), educational level (p < 0.001) and relatives with a chronic condition (p < 0.001) were associated to the global diabetes awareness score.
Diabetes awareness was generally good. This may be due to the fact that the study was conducted in an area where health promotion and health education on diabetes have been intensively delivered for the past 4 years.
对糖尿病的充分了解有助于实现早期诊断和改善管理。
评估喀麦隆人对糖尿病的认知水平，并确定影响这种认知的因素。
在年龄≥25 岁的受试者中（n=1000，应答率为 93.4%），收集了有关 2 型糖尿病的危险因素、症状、治疗和并发症的详细信息。每个正确答案得 1 分，并计算了总的糖尿病认知评分。分析了年龄、性别、教育程度、职业水平、亲属患有慢性病的概念以及慢性病的存在对评分的影响。
80%的受试者得分高于总平均分。参与者获得的最高分数（0.10%）为 28/30。男性（p < 0.02）和有慢性病亲属的受试者（p < 0.001）的平均总评分更高。在多变量分析中，年龄组（p < 0.01）、教育程度（p < 0.001）和有慢性病亲属（p < 0.001）与总体糖尿病认知评分相关。
糖尿病认知总体良好。这可能是因为该研究是在过去 4 年中一直在该地区进行糖尿病健康促进和健康教育的地方进行的。
