Shima Ghannadi|Atieh Amouzegar|Parisa Amiri|Ronak Karbalaeifar|Zhale Tahmasebinejad|Sara Kazempour?Ardebili
Evaluating the Effect of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Self-Management in Type 2 Diabetic Patients on Dialysis
Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
background type 2 diabetes increasingly common condition several preventable microvascular complications kidney damage nephropathy expensive manage especially hospital dialysis treatment improving patients knowledge attitude practice kap toward condition achieve better control delay complications improve quality life study evaluated kap selfcare behaviors diabetic patients dialysis variables affect methods crosssectional study conducted shahid beheshti academic hospitals tehran iran facetoface interviews held fill five validated questionnaires three evaluating kap one evaluating selfmanagement one evaluating quality life result 117 diabetic patients hemodialysis 42 females mean sd age 6870 926 years enrolled survey scores patients kap selfcare quality life 5990 1123 4427 835 4506 1287 4621 1023 2685 1323 respectively significant negative correlation patients knowledge attitude glycosylated hemoglobin level fasting blood sugar significant correlation patients knowledge practice selfcare activities conclusion present study suggests patients kap scores practical effect upon selfcare behavior highlights needs effective diabetes education programs developing countries like iran