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ArticleBMC geriatrics2024

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of pre-diabetic older people regarding pre-diabetes.

Vahid Pakpour, Fatemeh Molayi, Hossein Nemati

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Article in BMC geriatrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Vahid PakpourDepartment of Community Health Nursing, Member of Geriatric Health Group and Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-7554-4198
Fatemeh MolayiDepartment of Community Health Nursing, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Hossein NematiDepartment of Community Health Nursing, Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. nematihossein72@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5449-8017
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOne of the risk factors of diabetes is the pre-diabetes stage which is significantly prevalent in older people. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of the pre-diabetic stage are of great importance and can decrease complications. The present study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the pre-diabetic older people.

methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2022 to August 2022 on 219 pre-diabetic older people referring to Sina Hospital in Tabriz, one of the most populated cities in the northwest of Iran. Data were collected using questionnaires of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice-Prediabetes Assessment Questionnaire (KAP-PAQ). The data were analyzed by SPSS 21.

resultsThe mean scores of knowledge (in the range of 0-17), attitude (in the range of -10, + 10), and practice (in the range of 0-26) were 1.72 ± 1.0, 2.24 ± 1.92, and 5.76 ± 2.61, respectively. The older people's knowledge and practice levels in the pre-diabetes stage were low and about 50% of them had negative views. According to the Spearman correlation test, there was a positive significant relationship between the older people's knowledge and practice (p < 0.001, r = 0.234).

conclusionsThe older people in the pre-diabetes stage had low knowledge and attitude and a negative viewpoint towards correcting lifestyle on diet, exercising and physical activity, weight control, diagnostic and screening methods. Increased knowledge about pre-diabetes and strengthened positive attitude towards correcting lifestyle through counseling as well as empowering the pre-diabetic older people can increase the efficiency of pre-diabetes prevention and control programs and prevent its progression to the diabetes stage.

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Diabetes MellitusPrediabetic StateAgedCross-Sectional StudiesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansLife StyleSurveys and QuestionnairesAttitudeKnowledgeOlder peoplePracticePre-diabetes

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PMID38500036
PMCPMC10949711
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