Filip Rafal, Lewandowska Anna, Szczepankiewicz Malgorzata, Majda Blanka
Department of Clinical Endoscopy, Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland.
Institute of Healthcare, The Bronisław Markiewicz State School of Technology and Economics, Jarosław, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2014;21(2):359-63. doi: 10.5604/1232-1966.1108605.
The aim of the research was to evaluate the level of patients' knowledge about type 2 diabetes, treatment and proceedings in the case of the disease.
100 patients suffering from type 2 diabetes were included in the research, aged 40-90 years (64% and 36%), who lived in the countryside (54%) and in the city (46%), hospitalized in the internal and geriatric wards in provincial hospitals of the Podkarpacie Region in south-eastern Poland. The research method was a diagnostic survey conducted by use of a questionnaire that consisted of 31 both multiple choice and open questions. Among the respondents, 64% were women and 36% men. Among them, 18% were aged from 40-50, 20% aged from 51-60, 28% from 61-70, 24% from 71-80-years-old, and 10% of respondents were aged over 80. Among the examined, 12% were treated only by diet, 24% by insulin, 18% by insulin and diet.
From among respondents cured by insulin, 52% of them administered their own injections, 36% had the injections administered by a family member, and 12% had the injections administered by a nurse. From among the patients, 70% knew the symptoms of hypo- and hyperglycaemia, 84% knew how to react in the case of hypoglycaemia, but only 56% knew how to react in the case of hyperglycaemia. From among respondents, 68% controlled the skin if the feet.
Over a half of the respondents (70%) know the symptoms of diabetes and mentioned frequent urination (77%) and increased thirst (65%), but 30% had no knowledge of the symptoms of diabetes. The state of the patients' knowledge about different complications of the disease was in insufficient.
本研究旨在评估患者对2型糖尿病、该疾病的治疗及相关流程的了解程度。
100名2型糖尿病患者参与了本研究，年龄在40至90岁之间（64%为某年龄段，36%为另一年龄段），居住在农村（54%）和城市（46%），在波兰东南部Podkarpacie地区省级医院的内科和老年病房住院。研究方法是使用一份包含31个选择题和开放式问题的问卷进行诊断性调查。受访者中，64%为女性，36%为男性。其中，18%年龄在40至50岁之间，20%年龄在51至60岁之间，28%年龄在61至70岁之间，24%年龄在71至80岁之间，10%的受访者年龄超过80岁。在接受检查的患者中，12%仅通过饮食治疗，24%使用胰岛素治疗，18%使用胰岛素和饮食治疗。
在接受胰岛素治疗的受访者中，52%自行注射，36%由家庭成员注射，12%由护士由护士进行。在患者中，70%知道低血糖和高血糖的症状，84%知道在低血糖情况下如何应对，但只有56%知道在高血糖情况下如何应对。在受访者中，68%会检查足部皮肤状况。
超过一半的受访者（70%）知道糖尿病的症状，并提到尿频（77%）和口渴增加（65%），但30%对糖尿病症状一无所知。患者对该疾病不同并发症的了解情况不足。
