The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance?
Objectives The main aim of this work is to assess the level of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes in the Polish society, as well as to indicate the variables that have a significant impact on that knowledge. Material and Methods The analysis is based on t...
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| author | Katarzyna Pawlak-Sobczak Wojciech Drygas Magdalena Kwaśniewska Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk Andrzej Pająk Krystyna Kozakiewicz Tomasz Zdrojewski Marcin Rutkowski Andrzej Tykarski Wojciech Bielecki |
| author_facet | Katarzyna Pawlak-Sobczak Wojciech Drygas Magdalena Kwaśniewska Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk Andrzej Pająk Krystyna Kozakiewicz Tomasz Zdrojewski Marcin Rutkowski Andrzej Tykarski Wojciech Bielecki |
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The main aim of this work is to assess the level of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes in
the Polish society, as well as to indicate the variables that have a significant impact on that knowledge.
Material and Methods
The analysis is based on
the results of the National Multicenter Health Survey – WOBASZ II. The number of subjects surveyed was 6170, including 2760 men and 3410 women,
aged 20–74 years. Data on socio-demographic variables, lifestyle and subjective health assessment were collected using the face-to-face technique.
Results
The results obtained in the WOBASZ II project showed that >85% of the respondents had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge about diabetes prevention methods and approximately to 85% of the respondents – about the consequences of untreated diabetes. Moreover, one-fourth
of the respondents were unable to identify a single way of preventing diabetes, and more than one-third could not identify a single disease caused by
diabetes. The risk of a lack of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes is more common for men, people with
a low level of education, not married, non-diabetic, and without diagnosed diabetes in the family.
Conclusions
The presented results indicate that
there is an prevailing lack of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes in the Polish society. It is associated
with several variables like: sex, level of education, age, marital status, subjective health assessment and diabetes diagnosed in the respondent and/or
in the respondent’s family. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2021;34(5):667–78 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e396c64030642bab43c1ed545d09a822022-12-21T18:34:34ZengNofer Institute of Occupational MedicineInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health1232-10871896-494X2021-09-0134566767810.13075/ijomeh.1896.01746133285The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance?Katarzyna Pawlak-Sobczak0Wojciech Drygas1Magdalena Kwaśniewska2Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk3Andrzej Pająk4Krystyna Kozakiewicz5Tomasz Zdrojewski6Marcin Rutkowski7Andrzej Tykarski8Wojciech Bielecki9Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Social Pathologies)Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland (Institute of Cardiology, Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Preventive Medicine)Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics)Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland (Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health)Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (Department and Clinic of Cardiology)Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland (Department and Clinic of Hypertension and Diabetology)Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland (Department and Clinic of Hypertension and Diabetology)Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland (Department and Clinic of Hipertensiology Angiology and Internal Medicine)Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Social Pathologies)Objectives The main aim of this work is to assess the level of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes in the Polish society, as well as to indicate the variables that have a significant impact on that knowledge. Material and Methods The analysis is based on the results of the National Multicenter Health Survey – WOBASZ II. The number of subjects surveyed was 6170, including 2760 men and 3410 women, aged 20–74 years. Data on socio-demographic variables, lifestyle and subjective health assessment were collected using the face-to-face technique. Results The results obtained in the WOBASZ II project showed that >85% of the respondents had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge about diabetes prevention methods and approximately to 85% of the respondents – about the consequences of untreated diabetes. Moreover, one-fourth of the respondents were unable to identify a single way of preventing diabetes, and more than one-third could not identify a single disease caused by diabetes. The risk of a lack of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes is more common for men, people with a low level of education, not married, non-diabetic, and without diagnosed diabetes in the family. Conclusions The presented results indicate that there is an prevailing lack of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes in the Polish society. It is associated with several variables like: sex, level of education, age, marital status, subjective health assessment and diabetes diagnosed in the respondent and/or in the respondent’s family. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2021;34(5):667–78http://ijomeh.eu/The-level-of-knowledge-of-diabetic-prevention-in-Poland-is-there-a-phenomenon-of,133285,0,2.htmldiabeteslevel of knowledgehealth literacywobasz iidiabetic preventionquestionnaire interview technique |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Pawlak-Sobczak Wojciech Drygas Magdalena Kwaśniewska Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk Andrzej Pająk Krystyna Kozakiewicz Tomasz Zdrojewski Marcin Rutkowski Andrzej Tykarski Wojciech Bielecki The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance? International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health diabetes level of knowledge health literacy wobasz ii diabetic prevention questionnaire interview technique |
| title | The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance? |
| title_full | The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance? |
| title_fullStr | The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance? |
| title_short | The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance? |
| title_sort | level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in poland is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance |
| topic | diabetes level of knowledge health literacy wobasz ii diabetic prevention questionnaire interview technique |
| url | http://ijomeh.eu/The-level-of-knowledge-of-diabetic-prevention-in-Poland-is-there-a-phenomenon-of,133285,0,2.html |
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