James A. Elliott|Nadia Noor Abdulhadi|Abdullah Al-Maniri|Mohammed Al?Shafaee|Rolf Wahlström
Diabetes Self-Management and Education of People Living with Diabetes: A Survey in Primary Health Care in Muscat Oman
Karolinska Institutet|Karolinska Institutet|Ministry of Health|Sultan Qaboos University|Sultan Qaboos University|Karolinska Institutet|Uppsala University
although prevalence type 2 diabetes oman high rising information people selfmanaging disease lacking objective study therefore assess diabetes selfmanagement education dsme among people living type 2 diabetes omana questionnaire survey conducted public primary health care centres muscat diabetes selfmanagement education assessed asking patients recognized responded hypo hyperglycaemia developed strategies maintain stable blood glucose levels patients demographic information selftreatment behaviours awareness potential longterm complications attitudes concerning diabetes management also recorded associations factors diabetes selfmanagement education analysedin total 309 patients surveyed quarter 26 n 83 unaware recognize hypoglycaemia respond 26 n 81 around half 49 n 151 could recognize hyperglycaemia half could respond 60 n 184 twelve percent n 37 patients strategies stabilize blood glucose levels patients formal education generally diabetes selfmanagement education without p0001 patients longer durations diabetes p001 selfmonitoring blood glucose practiced 38 n 117 patients insulin used 22 n 67 one third independently adjusted dosages patients often aware complications concerning loss vision renal failure cardiac problems many patients desired health educationmany patients displayed dangerous diabetes selfmanagement education knowledge gaps findings suggest need improving knowledge transfer people living diabetes omani clinical setting