Alqahtani Muhammed, Almutairi Faisal E, Albasseet Abdulrahman O, Almutairi Khalid E
Internal Medicine, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, SAU.
Family Medicine, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, SAU.
Cureus. 2020 Jan 8;12(1):e6601. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6601.
Aim To investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of diabetes among Saudi adults in Riyadh. Methods A questionnaire-based study was carried out in September 2019. A previously validated questionnaire was used to assess participants' knowledge. Results The study sample included 3,208 total participants. Of these, 53% were females and 47% were males. About 53.5% of the participants had good knowledge scores. The great majority of respondents did not know whether metformin could cause kidney damage (n = 2651, 82.6%) and more than half did not know whether long-term drug use could cause organ failure (n = 2073, 64.6%) and whether insulin could cause harmful effects (n = 1836, 57.2%). Results showed that 91.3% of the respondents stated that they would seek treatment if they or one of their family members got diabetes mellitus (DM). Approximately 50% of the participants (49.9%) regularly exercised. More than half (68%) of the respondents had never checked their blood glucose levels on an annual basis. More than half of the respondents tried to avoid refined sugar. Conclusion The majority of the participants had never checked their blood glucose levels. In addition, one-third of the participants believed that the use of complementary medicine could actually control diabetes.
目的 调查利雅得沙特成年人对糖尿病的认知、态度和行为。方法 2019年9月开展了一项基于问卷的研究。使用一份先前验证过的问卷来评估参与者的知识水平。结果 研究样本共有3208名参与者。其中，53%为女性，47%为男性。约53.5%的参与者知识得分良好。绝大多数受访者不知道二甲双胍是否会导致肾损伤（n = 2651，82.6%），超过一半的人不知道长期用药是否会导致器官衰竭（n = 2073，64.6%）以及胰岛素是否会产生有害影响（n = 1836，57.2%）。结果显示，91.3%的受访者表示如果他们自己或其家庭成员之一患糖尿病，他们会寻求治疗。约50%的参与者（49.9%）经常锻炼。超过一半（68%）的受访者从未每年检查过血糖水平。超过一半的受访者试图避免食用精制糖。结论 大多数参与者从未检查过他们的血糖水平。此外，三分之一的参与者认为使用补充药物实际上可以控制糖尿病。
