Knowledge and Practices Regarding Naturally Reversing Type 2 Diabetic Among Patients Attending to Layla Qassim Health Care Center in Erbil City
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https://doi.org/10.15218/hcchs.2023.05Keywords:
knowledge, Practices, Diabetes Type 2, LLayla Qassim Health CenterAbstract
Background and objective: The recent studies reviewed, with the evidence that the type 2 diabetic potentially reversible and related to life style changes. The Objectives included identifying patient’s knowledge and practices regarding the naturally reversing of type 2 diabetes, to identify an association between variables and overall knowledge and practices of them regarding naturally reversing of Type 2 diabetes, and to identify the effect of knowledge on practices regarding diabetic type 2 reserving.
Methods: It was a descriptive study design conducted in Layla Qasim health Center in Erbil of Kurdistan Region / Iraq. A non-probability (purposive) sampling technique used for selecting sample size that included 500 diabetes type 2 patients who attending to Layla Quism Health Care Center. The questionnaire including four parts (part one socio-demographic characteristics for sample study, part two included items related to patient's knowledge about revising type 2 diabetic, part three included statements related to practices about reversing type 2 diabetic. The data were collected by interview technique directly with patients. This study begun in 1/1/2020 to 1/4/2021.
Results: There was a high acceptance rate among participants regarding their knowledge and practices for type 2 diabetes reversable,there was no significant association between variables and their knowledge , practices except significant association between age and Q5, Q7and association between practices and Q7,Q8.
Conclusions: The findings of the study indicated that there was a high acceptance rate for most items about knowledge and practices to the naturally reversing of type 2 diabetic, the study revealed that there was an effect of knowledge upon practices about type 2 diabetic reversing
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