Knowledge of diabetes and its determinants : a cross-sectional study among adults in a Japanese community

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OBJECTIVE: To assess general knowledge of diabetes and its determinants among adult men and women in a Japanese community.

SETTING: A cross-sectional study with the residential registry in Gifu City. Blood tests were conducted to measure fasting blood glucose levels and the levels after 2 hours of a 75-gram oral glucose load. Participants' previous diagnosis of diabetes and demographic status were identified from a questionnaire. A validated food frequency questionnaire was also administered. To assess the association between good knowledge of diabetes and the level of each factor, a logistic regression was utilised with adjustments for age, education and parental history of diabetes.

PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1019 men and women aged 40-78 years.

PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: The Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire was administered. Participants with ≥75% of answers correct were defined as having a good knowledge of diabetes.

RESULTS: Previous diagnosis of diabetes was significantly associated with good knowledge of diabetes (OR=2.36; 95% CI 1.19 to 4.68). Among individuals with no previous diagnosis of diabetes, age ≥60 years (OR=0.55; 95% CI 0.36 to 0.86, p value for trend=0.02) and education <12 years (OR=0.54; 95% CI 0.30 to 0.97) were significantly associated with low knowledge of diabetes. The highest tertile intakes of green-yellow vegetables (OR=1.77; 95% CI 1.07 to 2.91, p value for trend=0.03) and seafood (OR=1.76; 95% CI 1.04 to 2.95, p value for trend=0.03) were associated with high knowledge of diabetes.

CONCLUSIONS: Some diabetes risk factors were implied to determine the general knowledge of diabetes. Conducting further studies of knowledge in various populations is warranted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

BMJ open - 9(2019), 5 vom: 30. Mai, Seite e024556

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oba, Shino [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Mayumi [VerfasserIn]
Horikawa, Yukio [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Eiji [VerfasserIn]
Nagata, Chisato [VerfasserIn]
Takeda, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Gifu Diabetes Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Diabetes Study Group Members Are Drs Of K Adachi, The Gifu [Sonstige Person]
Chimori, K [Sonstige Person]
Morimoto, Y [Sonstige Person]
Kimata, Y [Sonstige Person]
Hayashi, H [Sonstige Person]
Ishii, M [Sonstige Person]
Izai, M [Sonstige Person]
Kamikubo, K [Sonstige Person]
Kanoh, Y [Sonstige Person]
Kojima, T [Sonstige Person]
Komaki, T [Sonstige Person]
Kosaka, J [Sonstige Person]
Maekawa, H [Sonstige Person]
Murayama, M [Sonstige Person]
Suzuki, E [Sonstige Person]
Yoshino, K [Sonstige Person]
Matsuda, M [Sonstige Person]
Matsui, I [Sonstige Person]
Ozeki, S [Sonstige Person]
Sakata, S [Sonstige Person]
Sarui, H [Sonstige Person]
Takeda, N [Sonstige Person]
Sugimoto, M [Sonstige Person]
Totani, R [Sonstige Person]
Wada, H [Sonstige Person]
Wada, Y [Sonstige Person]
Yokoyama, M [Sonstige Person]
Araki, M [Sonstige Person]
Goshima, E [Sonstige Person]
Daido, H [Sonstige Person]
Nagai, K [Sonstige Person]
Fushimi, K [Sonstige Person]
Kitada, M [Sonstige Person]
Hayashi, M [Sonstige Person]
Imai, T [Sonstige Person]
Kojima, N [Sonstige Person]
Sato, M [Sonstige Person]
Murase, H [Sonstige Person]
Nagashima, T [Sonstige Person]
Noritake, N [Sonstige Person]
Noda, Y [Sonstige Person]
Ohmae, K [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Blood Glucose
Diabetes and endocrinology
Journal Article
Preventive medicine
Public health
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.04.2020

Date Revised 21.04.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024556

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NLM297697773