Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia37850.
Inquiry. 2022 Jan-Dec;59:469580221082781. doi: 10.1177/00469580221082781.
When it comes to non-communicable diseases like diabetes, inadequate knowledge, attitude, and practice are often linked to poor health outcomes. This study aims to assess the patients' knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of diabetes in the outpatient department of a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia.
In this cross-sectional study, diabetes type 2 patients attending outpatient departments at a university teaching hospital, Riyadh, were assessed regarding their knowledge, attitude, and practice toward diabetes using a validated KAP scale. Descriptive and inferential analysis was done to determine the factors associated with KAP score using SPSS version 26.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, U.S.).
Males made up 69.7% of the sample (n = 165), while 56.9% were between the ages of 41 and 75. The level of knowledge and practice had "good" in 37.6%, and 47.9%, respectively, but level of attitude had "positive" in 30.9% of patients. The association between knowledge tier and gender (p0.014) and insurance status (p0.008), respectively, was shown to be significant. However, the attitude tier was only significantly associated with gender ( = .003). The practice tier also showed a significant age association ( = .049). As regards, the mean scores for diabetes-related knowledge were higher only among insured participants ( = .03) than for other participants' sociodemographic factors. Meanwhile, the mean attitude scores were also higher among males ( = .006) than for other sociodemographic characteristics. A comparison of the participants' sociodemographic characteristics found no statistically significant variations in practice scores.
Unfortunately, this study found that outpatient diabetes patients had insufficient knowledge, practice, and a negative attitude toward diabetes type 2. This imposes a great burden on healthcare workers and hence the healthcare system to improve patient scores via diabetes education programs or pharmacist-led patient counseling initiatives.
在非传染性疾病（如糖尿病）方面，知识、态度和实践不足往往与不良健康结果有关。本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯一所大学教学医院门诊患者的糖尿病知识、态度和实践（KAP）。
在这项横断面研究中，使用经过验证的 KAP 量表评估了在一所大学教学医院门诊就诊的 2 型糖尿病患者的糖尿病知识、态度和实践。使用 SPSS 版本 26.0 软件（SPSS Inc.，芝加哥，IL，美国）进行描述性和推断性分析，以确定与 KAP 评分相关的因素。
男性占样本的 69.7%（n = 165），年龄在 41 至 75 岁之间的占 56.9%。知识和实践水平分别有 37.6%和 47.9%为“良好”，但态度水平为 30.9%的患者为“积极”。知识层次与性别（p0.014）和保险状况（p0.008）之间的关联被证明具有统计学意义。然而，态度层次仅与性别显著相关（ =.003）。实践层次也与年龄呈显著相关（ =.049）。就糖尿病相关知识的平均得分而言，仅参保参与者（ =.03）高于其他参与者的社会人口因素。同时，男性的平均态度得分也高于其他社会人口特征（ =.006）。比较参与者的社会人口特征发现，实践得分没有统计学上的显著差异。
不幸的是，本研究发现，门诊糖尿病患者对 2 型糖尿病的知识、实践和负面态度不足。这给医疗保健工作者带来了巨大的负担，因此需要通过糖尿病教育计划或药剂师主导的患者咨询计划来提高患者的分数。
