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ArticleJournal of medicine and life2024

Attitudes and practices related to hypoglycemia unawareness in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Azam Tarek Alhedhod, Suha Albahrani, Abdullah Almaqhawi, Hussain Sami Alwesaibie, Mohammed Abdulkhaliq Albesher, Jana Mohsen Alwadani, Nawar Ammar Alshakhs, Rawan Mohammed Aldihnayn, Ghadeer Ahmed Al Bensaad

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Azam Tarek AlhedhodCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Suha AlbahraniDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlmaqhawiDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Hussain Sami AlwesaibieCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Abdulkhaliq AlbesherCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Jana Mohsen AlwadaniCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Nawar Ammar AlshakhsCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Rawan Mohammed AldihnaynCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Ghadeer Ahmed Al BensaadCollege of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.

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Diabetes is considered one of the most prevalent endocrine metabolic diseases. Monitoring hypoglycemia unawareness is an important component of routine diabetes care and can identify patients at increased risk of a severe hypoglycaemic event. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of hypoglycemia unawareness and identify the factors contributing to its occurrence. A sample of 390 patients diagnosed with type 1 and type 2 diabetes was interviewed in an endocrine and diabetes center in Al-Ahsa city. Sociodemographic data, risk factors, and Clarke scores were used to evaluate the impairment of hypoglycemia awareness. Reduced awareness of hypoglycemia was found in 93 patients (23.8%). There were no statistically significant differences in the age of the patients, mean age of diagnosis, or cumulative glucose level between patients with awareness and those with reduced awareness (

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHypoglycemiaAdultAgedAwarenessFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk Factorsattitudesdiabetes mellitushypoglycemiapractices

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