Knowledge and Reported Practice about Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Preparatory Schools Students at Aswan City, Upper Egypt.
Shaban Hassan, S., Sayed Bayomi, S. (2024). Knowledge and Reported Practice about Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Preparatory Schools Students at Aswan City, Upper Egypt.. EKB Journal Management System, 15(3), 1463-1476. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.399171
Samar Shaban Hassan; Soad Sayed Bayomi. "Knowledge and Reported Practice about Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Preparatory Schools Students at Aswan City, Upper Egypt.". EKB Journal Management System, 15, 3, 2024, 1463-1476. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.399171
Shaban Hassan, S., Sayed Bayomi, S. (2024). 'Knowledge and Reported Practice about Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Preparatory Schools Students at Aswan City, Upper Egypt.', EKB Journal Management System, 15(3), pp. 1463-1476. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.399171
Shaban Hassan, S., Sayed Bayomi, S. Knowledge and Reported Practice about Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Preparatory Schools Students at Aswan City, Upper Egypt.. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 15(3): 1463-1476. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.399171

Knowledge and Reported Practice about Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Preparatory Schools Students at Aswan City, Upper Egypt.

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2024, Pages 1463-1476    PDF (374.03 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.399171
Authors
Samar Shaban Hassan1; Soad Sayed Bayomi2
1Demonstrator at Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Aswan University
2Prof. of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Assiut University.
Abstract
Background:  Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is one of the most common chronic illnesses affecting school-age children. If not appropriately managed, T1D can drastically affect a student’s ability to experience academic success. Diabetes self-care is particularly challenging for children. Aim: To assess preparatory school students' knowledge and reported practices about type1 diabetes mellitus. Design: A cross sectional research. Setting: the study was conducted in preparatory schools, the Aswan City. Subjects:  purposive sample of 99 students diagnosed with diabetes.  Tool (I): Structured interviewing questionnaire include 2 parts: First part: Personal characteristics of students and their parents, and medical history of diabetic students.  Second part: Students’ knowledge about DM. Tool (II): Reported check list for students' regarding diabetic self-care practice. Results: More than half of students had good knowledge about diabetes, while slightly two thirds of them had unsatisfactory reported practice about diabetic self-care. Conclusion: study confirmed that there was positive correlation between knowledge and reported practices scores with highly statistical significant association.  Recommendations:  Health education programs and training courses should be developed and implemented for students to increase their awareness, attitude and practice about diabetes mellitus.
Keywords
Knowledge; Reported practice; Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Preparatory School Students
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