Evaluation of knowledge and education of physicians to diabetic patients in primary care in Saudi Arabia

Khaled M. Hassan; Eman A. Altooarki; Ahmad A. Alshomali; Othman A. Alhejeely; Mohammed A. Almutairi; Ghassan K. AlHarazi; Fahad W. Aljawi; Maha F. Alluqmani; Abdulrahman M. Tashkandi; Nasser S. Almohussein; Abdulrahman T. Albishri; Dania M. Kordi; Rodinah M. Sharaf; Rami F. Alzahrani; Ghadeer N. Alzaher; Rayan A. Barakat

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20204654

Authors

Khaled M. Hassan Department of Medicine, Consultant Family Medicine, Saudi Arabia
Eman A. Altooarki Department of Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Poland
Ahmad A. Alshomali Department of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Othman A. Alhejeely Department of Medicine, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed A. Almutairi Department of Medicine, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
Ghassan K. AlHarazi Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Fahad W. Aljawi Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Maha F. Alluqmani Department of Medicine, Ibn Sina National College, Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman M. Tashkandi Department of Medicine, Ibn Sina National College, Saudi Arabia
Nasser S. Almohussein Department of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman T. Albishri Department of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dania M. Kordi Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Dentistry, Saudi Arabia
Rodinah M. Sharaf Department of Medicine, Umm Al-qura University, Saudi Arabia
Rami F. Alzahrani Department of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Ghadeer N. Alzaher Department of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Rayan A. Barakat Department of Medicine, Umm Al-qura University, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20204654

Keywords:

Knowledge, Education, Physicians, Diabetic patients primary care in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Background: Effective treatment of diabetes is not enough alone, there must be education and training from physicians and nurses to patients. To achieve education in correct manner there must be enough knowledge of physicians to apply care and teaching of these patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate the knowledge and education of physicians to diabetic patients in primary care in Saudi Arabia.

Methods: Successive evaluation investigation through questionnaire. The work universe was made up of the 83 service areas of the 15 municipalities of Saudi Arabia, the sample of the total of the incorporated areas was initially made up of 625 health providers and 2,171 people with diabetes.

Results: At the beginning of the study, the highest percentage of health providers surveyed declared that they did not know (78%) or that it was not defined (16.6) who should educate the person with diabetes, while the results at the end of the study show that 32% mentioned the doctor and the nurse and 62.7 the entire team of work (p=0.000) with a more adequate vision on the definition of responsibility for the fulfilment of this task and a generalized knowledge (97.5) of the existence of an education program in d diabetes that was useful for their compliance.

Conclusions: Extension of the diabetes education program to Saudi Arabia achieved a significant change in the opinions of health providers on the health problem.

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Author Biography

Khaled M. Hassan, Department of Medicine, Consultant Family Medicine, Saudi Arabia

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