Mohammed Mahmoud Sarhan, Maram Ali M Alwadi
A qualitative study of dental internships in Saudi Arabia: moving beyond perceptions to the reality of the practices of dental interns
BMC medical education
indonesia number type 2 diabetes cases increasing rapidly making third leading cause death among leading noncommunicable disease healthcare expenditures country thus critical need indonesians type 2 diabetes perform better selfcare optimize health prevent onset comorbidities study designed investigate influence knowledge depression perceived barriers type 2 diabetes selfcare performance indonesia crosssectional study conducted 185 patients type 2 diabetes demographic diabetes history obesity status diabetes knowledge depression perceived barriers selfcare performance data collected indonesian version revised diabetes knowledge test depression anxiety stress scale perceived barrier questionnaire selfcare inventoryrevised used descriptive bivariate multiple linear regression analyses performed study participants found moderate diabetes selfcare performance scores annual eye checks blood glucose selfmonitoring healthy diet selection regular exercise least common selfmanagement techniques performed consistent perceived difficulties participants illiterate elementary school education 459 p 002 junior senior high school education 301 p 006 moderate depression 092 p 04 diabetes knowledge 009 p 006 perceived barriers 031 p 001 found explain 40 variance selfcare performance educational level depression perceived barriers strongest factors impacted type 2 diabetes selfcare performance study nurses provide diabetes education also identify barriers diabetes selfcare early screen signs symptoms depression target patients lower levels education