Self-assessment by type 2 diabetics of their knowledge about their disease

Mouna Elleuch; Insaf Nasri; Wissal Ghamgui; Younes Derbel; Mouna Mnif; Fatma Mnif; Salah Dhouha Ben; Charfi Nadia; Mohammed Abid; Kacem Feten Hadj; Nabila Rekike

doi:10.1530/endoabs.99.EP128

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Endocrine Abstracts (2024) 99 EP128 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.99.EP128

ECE2024 Eposter Presentations Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition (383 abstracts)

Self-assessment by type 2 diabetics of their knowledge about their disease

Mouna Elleuch ¹ , Insaf Nasri ¹ , Wissal Ghamgui ¹ , Younes Derbel ¹ , Mouna Mnif ¹ , Fatma Mnif ¹ , Dhouha Ben Salah ¹ , Charfi Nadia ¹ , Mohammed Abid ¹ , Feten Hadj Kacem ¹ & Nabila Rekike ¹

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¹Hedi Chaker Hospital, Endocrinology and Diabetes Department, Sfax, Tunisia

Background: To be able to manage their disease and live with it, type 2 diabetic patients need to understand and be aware of their disease. Educational diagnosis should therefore assess patients’ perception of their diabetes.

Aims: This study aims to carry out a self-assessment of diabetic patients’ knowledge of their disease

Methods: Our study is a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study which took place during the period from November 2022 to January 2023 among T2DM patients hospitalized in the endocrinology department in Sfax as well as patients followed at the basic health centre

Results: Our study find out that almost half of the patients did not know the origin of their disease. In terms of knowledge of the various complications, half of our patients said that they were aware of some of them. With regard to treatment (57.4%), they only recognized their current treatment and no longer knew about the other therapeutic alternatives for T2DM. The majority of patients admitted that diabetes aggravates underlying co morbidities. Only 31.1% of patients were aware of the use of insulin therapy. Patient autonomy was significantly associated with better knowledge of ADO intake (P-value=0.021), hyperglycemia sign (P-value =0.011) and glucometer use (P-value=0.023); the more autonomous the patient, the better his or her knowledge of these areas. Knowledge of complications was strongly associated with diabetes control (HbA1c) (P-value=0.003). The correlation was negative (-0.238). Furthermore, the higher the level of knowledge, the lower the HbA1c. There was an association between theoretical knowledge of the complications of the disease and the number of T2DM patients in the complication stage. A higher level of knowledge of the complications of T2DM was observed in patients who already had one of the complications of T2DM. Patients on ADO alone also appeared to have better knowledge of the disease than those on insulin. However, this did not reach statistical significance (P-value =0.254).

Conclusion: Patients admitted that their knowledge of their illness was inadequate. Autonomy and the socio-economic conditions of the population meant that the quality of patient education depended on how well patients were educated.