The Effect Of Diabetic Continuing Education Programme On The Health Care Provider's Knowledge, Attitude And Practice, And On Diabetic Patients Outcomes In Mukalla City, Yemen
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Date
2012-02
Authors
Omar Babelgaith, Salmeen Dogael
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is one of the worldwide major public health concerns which
associated with increased morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and costs.
Between 1986 and 1990, the prevalence of diabetes in Yemen was about 4.7%. In
2004 the prevalence of diabetes type II in Yemen was reported at 4.6% which was
higher in man (7.4%) compared to female (2%). This study was conducted in
Mukalla city, Hadramout, Yemen to assess the impact of continuing education (CE)
program on Health Care Professionals (HCPs) knowledge, attitude and practice in
Yemen. In addition, the study explores whether HCPs CE intervention would
improve the clinical outcomes of type 2 diabetes patients (glycemic control, blood
pressure, weight, lipid profiles, serum creatinine and blood urea).
This study consisted of two phases. Phase I of the study was looking at the impact of
diabetes CE on knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes care among HCPs. In
the phase II, the study was exploring the effect of HCPs continuing education
programme on patient diabetic’s outcome. In phase I, a total of 73 HCPs received
continuing education (CE) intervention. Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) was
assessed using a validated questionnaire. The result from phase I showed that
majority of the HCPs has a good general knowledge on diabetes and its
managements prior to the CE program. Evaluation of the general knowledge score of
the HCPs found some improvement in the knowledge score, however the
improvement was not significant (p=0.31). The result of this study found that HCPs
has good knowledge on monitoring the sign, symptoms and laboratory parameters.
Evaluation of the knowledge score on Goal of Diabetes Management of HCPs found
significant (p=0.024) improvement in the knowledge score.
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The effect of diabetic continuing education programme , diabetic patients outcomes in Mukalla City, Yemen