THỰC TRẠNG NHẬN THỨC VỀ PHÒNG BIẾN CHỨNG CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH ĐÁI THÁO ĐƯỜNG TYPE 2 ĐIỀU TRỊ NGOẠI TRÚ TẠI BỆNH VIỆN NỘI TIẾT TỈNH NAM ĐỊNH NĂM 2024

Abstract

Objective: Description of the current awareness of complication prevention among outpatients with type 2 diabetes at Nam Dinh Provincial Endocrinology Hospital in 2024. Research subjects and methods: General knowledge and attitudes about preventing complications of type 2 diabetes are not high. Result: In the study, 45.9% of patients had a positive awareness, while 54.1% had a less positive awareness regarding the prevention of complications from type 2 diabetes. The average general knowledge score was 13.70 ± 3.6. Patients with positive awareness scored the highest at 20 points and the lowest at 4 points out of a total of 20 points. Among them, the percentage of patients who strongly agreed that diabetes is a serious health and life-threatening disease was the highest at 70.7%, while the percentage of those who strongly agreed that taking medication is important for disease prevention was lower at 57.1%. Conclusion: General awareness of preventing complications from type 2 diabetes is still low.