1 / 25

Diabetic Youth Care Association (DYCA)

Diabetic Youth Care Association (DYCA). Evaluation Study Diabetic Awareness Questionnaire “Bullack District Hospital”. Dr. Nihad Amer Mossaad Medical Director, Bullack Hospital. www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com. Introduction:. > 200 m. 135 m. 330 m. by 2025. 98% in Africa.

wayde
Download Presentation

Diabetic Youth Care Association (DYCA)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Diabetic Youth Care Association (DYCA) Evaluation Study Diabetic Awareness Questionnaire “Bullack District Hospital” Dr. Nihad Amer Mossaad Medical Director, Bullack Hospital www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  2. Introduction: > 200 m. 135 m. 330 m. by 2025 98% in Africa 97% in M. East 30 m. 1985 1995 2005 • WHO: Pub. awareness is essential in tackling the various health challenges of the 21st century. www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  3. - Lack of public awareness and improper knowledge of diabetes leads to increased prevalence of complications and hospital admissions with subsequent increase in degree of disability and costs of treatment Lee ET, et al Diabetes Care 2000; (23) WHO: Fact sheet No. 236; Nov. 1999 Soliman EWIS, et al Diabetes May 1997; 46(suppl. 1) www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  4. -Our Local Situation: • A high prevalence of diabetes • Nearly one out of two patients who have the disease still undiagnosed • We have a poor degree of public awareness by symptoms of diabetes and its complications. Soliman EWIS, et al Diabetes May 1999; 48(Suppl. 1) Soliman EWIS, Diabetes In the Arab world (Conference) Bahrain 2000, http://www.arabacc.org (May 19, 2006) www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  5. -Aim of the Work: - To determine the current level of public awareness of diabetes, in order to justify the guidelines for the development of educational interventions adaptable to the local situation www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  6. DYCA Main Message Awareness Education Prevention Combat Complications of Diabetes www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  7. -Methods: • A cross sectional survey standard questionnaire in Arabic language - Those who included in the study were not selected by any way other than they were all ignorant of being diabetics, who attended the out patient clinics at the Bullack District. Hospital during the period ofJanuary to July 20076 months period. www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  8. Methods:(Questionnaire) - Name • Address • Age • Gender (Male/ Female) • Social Status (Married/ Divorced/ Single/ Widow) • Occupation - Beside the demographic characteristics of the participants, the questionnaire included basic questions about symptoms, complications and treatment of diabetes www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  9. Methods:(Questionnaire) - 200 patients completed the questionnaire (130 F and 70 M), they were medically supervised 2 visits/week in diabetes clinic. • Each participant completing the questionnaire had the opportunity to discuss his/her answers with one of the interviewers, with particular attention being given to incorrect answers. • Hygiene / Diet / exercise health education instructions were explained to them. www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  10. 130 Females 30 < 20 years old Juvenile Diabetes 35 Above 60 years old 65 “Fertility Age” 20- 45 yrs - Results:Gender www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  11. 70 Males 20 < 20 years old Juvenile Diabetes 50 20- 60 yrs www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  12. Referred from outpatient clinics. • Antenatal Care Clinic. • Surgical Outpatient Clinics. • Gynecology & Obstetric Outpatient Clinic. • Renal Dialyses Unit. • Ophthalmology Clinic. • Dermatology Clinic. • Dental Clinic. www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  13. Carbohydrates and Fats main component. (> 87%) No Animal protein. (23%) Education Level • 70% illiterate. • 30% less than primary education. Diet www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  14. Occupation • 30% House Wives “non working”. • 20% Street Children. • 50% Blue Collar Workers Exercise & Life Style • 65% Sedentary Life. • 35% Heavy Workers www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  15. Presenting Symptoms and Signs www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  16. Awareness by Symptoms: • 72 % failed to nominate any symptom • Only 14 % mentioned 2 or more symptoms • Polyurea and Polydepsia in combination recognized only by 2% www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  17. Awareness by Complications: • 81 % failed to nominate any complication • Only 4 % mentioned more than 2 complications • Awareness by symptoms and complications is better among the educated and those with family history of diabetes www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  18. Misconceptions about Diabetes. • Sugar particles appear on skin. • Sweet taste in mouth. www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  19. (%) Inherited 59 Over Weight 23 Eating Too Much CHO 10.8 Lack of Exercise 4.2 Believed Risks leading to Diabetes.No. = 200 www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  20. (%) Diet 21 Tablets 33 Insulin 8 Don’t know 52 How is Diabetes Treated?No. = 200 www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  21. Conclusion 1-The level of public knowledge of diabetes is almost absent, although the disease is common in our area. 2- Public education to raise awareness of diabetes should be a priority in health promotion. 3- 60% improvement Juvenile diabetes group due to exercise / diet / hygiene education beside regular clinic visits twice a week and medication given.

  22. Conclusion 4- The questionnaire was useful to highlighting areas of weakness & accordingly some conclusions had been drawn regarding the development of educational interventions adaptable to the local situation. 5- 10% improvement in type II diabetes although they suffered severe complication. They were under control due to medication / diet restriction / hygiene education. (Smoking and addiction very common habit was restricted and forbidden 5%). www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  23. Final conclusionAwareness is vital factor to prevent diabetes morbidity and mortality www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  24. THANKS TO Bullack Hospital Medical Team & DYCA For their great help to accomplish this study www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

  25. THANK YOU www.diabetes-eg.org www.diabetes-eg.com

More Related