Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices
Hosam Almetahr,1 Ethar Almutahar,2 Yahia Alkhaldi,3 Ibrahim Alshehri,3 Ali Assiri,3 Shehata Shehata,4,5 Abdullah Alsabaani4 1Preventive Medicine Department, Armed Forces Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abuarish General Hospital, Ministry...
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| description | Hosam Almetahr,1 Ethar Almutahar,2 Yahia Alkhaldi,3 Ibrahim Alshehri,3 Ali Assiri,3 Shehata Shehata,4,5 Abdullah Alsabaani4 1Preventive Medicine Department, Armed Forces Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abuarish General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; 3General Directorate of Aseer Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Abha, Saudi Arabia; 4Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptCorrespondence: Hosam Almetahr Preventive Medicine DepartmentArmed Forces Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Abuarish, Jazan 45911, Saudi ArabiaTel +966545919114Email almetahr11@gmail.comBackground: Little is known about the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) continuing education (CE) programs on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary healthcare physicians (PHPs) in the Arab world. Accordingly, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a diabetes CE program on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of PHPs in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study using a pre-test and post-test design. PHPs attended a three-day diabetes CE session and completed a standardized questionnaire before and after the training session. Also, their practices were assessed by reviewing the records of patients with DM before the CE program and three months later.Results: A total of 51 PHPs completed the CE program. The sample had a mean (± SD) age of 33.8 ± 6.0 years, and 72.5% were male. The mean knowledge score increased from 14.33 (± 3.37) to 17.61 (± 2.57) (p < 0.001), and the rate of good knowledge increased from 39 (76.5%) before to 51 (100.0%) after (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the mean attitude scores before and after the intervention (3.79 vs 3.86; p = 0.10), respectively. Overall, PHPs’ practices related to glycosylated hemoglobin estimation (p = 0.004), foot care (p = 0.02), diet (p < 0.001), exercise (p < 0.001), and weight assessment (p < 0.001) significantly improved following the intervention.Conclusion: The CE program for PHPs was effective in addressing knowledge gap of PHPs and in improving their practices towards quality patient care.Keywords: continuing education, diabetes mellitus, knowledge, attitude, practice, primary care physicians |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f111d53b20c74b43a6cbddc7112d33002022-12-22T00:28:03ZengDove Medical PressAdvances in Medical Education and Practice1179-72582020-10-01Volume 1178179058358Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and PracticesAlmetahr HAlmutahar EAlkhaldi YAlshehri IAssiri AShehata SAlsabaani AHosam Almetahr,1 Ethar Almutahar,2 Yahia Alkhaldi,3 Ibrahim Alshehri,3 Ali Assiri,3 Shehata Shehata,4,5 Abdullah Alsabaani4 1Preventive Medicine Department, Armed Forces Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abuarish General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; 3General Directorate of Aseer Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Abha, Saudi Arabia; 4Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptCorrespondence: Hosam Almetahr Preventive Medicine DepartmentArmed Forces Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Abuarish, Jazan 45911, Saudi ArabiaTel +966545919114Email almetahr11@gmail.comBackground: Little is known about the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) continuing education (CE) programs on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary healthcare physicians (PHPs) in the Arab world. Accordingly, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a diabetes CE program on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of PHPs in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study using a pre-test and post-test design. PHPs attended a three-day diabetes CE session and completed a standardized questionnaire before and after the training session. Also, their practices were assessed by reviewing the records of patients with DM before the CE program and three months later.Results: A total of 51 PHPs completed the CE program. The sample had a mean (± SD) age of 33.8 ± 6.0 years, and 72.5% were male. The mean knowledge score increased from 14.33 (± 3.37) to 17.61 (± 2.57) (p < 0.001), and the rate of good knowledge increased from 39 (76.5%) before to 51 (100.0%) after (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the mean attitude scores before and after the intervention (3.79 vs 3.86; p = 0.10), respectively. Overall, PHPs’ practices related to glycosylated hemoglobin estimation (p = 0.004), foot care (p = 0.02), diet (p < 0.001), exercise (p < 0.001), and weight assessment (p < 0.001) significantly improved following the intervention.Conclusion: The CE program for PHPs was effective in addressing knowledge gap of PHPs and in improving their practices towards quality patient care.Keywords: continuing education, diabetes mellitus, knowledge, attitude, practice, primary care physicianshttps://www.dovepress.com/impact-of-diabetes-continuing-education-on-primary-healthcare-physicia-peer-reviewed-article-AMEPcontinuing educationdiabetes mellitusknowledgeattitudepracticeprimary care physicians |
| spellingShingle | Almetahr H Almutahar E Alkhaldi Y Alshehri I Assiri A Shehata S Alsabaani A Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Advances in Medical Education and Practice continuing education diabetes mellitus knowledge attitude practice primary care physicians |
| title | Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices |
| title_full | Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices |
| title_short | Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Primary Healthcare Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices |
| title_sort | impact of diabetes continuing education on primary healthcare physicians rsquo knowledge attitudes and practices |
| topic | continuing education diabetes mellitus knowledge attitude practice primary care physicians |
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