충북지역 당뇨 환자의 영양지식, 당뇨합병증 예방지식 및 관련된 요인

Nutrition Knowledge, Preventive Knowledge of Diabetes Complications and Related Factors

The purpose of this study was to investigate nutrition knowledge, preventive knowledge of diabetes complications and related factors among type 2 diabetic patients. The study subjects were 83 patients with type 2 diabetes, aged over 20, in Chungbuk area. The gender distribution of subjects was 53.0% males and 47.0% females, and BMI showed 30.1% overweight and 34.9% obesity. At the present time of study, 37.3% of the subjects had more than one complications and the symptom that took the highest frequency among diabetes complications was 'retinopathy'(27.5%). Mean score of nutrition knowledge and preventive knowledge of diabetes complications was 9.7 out of 15 and 7.5 out of 10 , respectively. Correlation by Pearson's coefficient between nutrition knowledge and preventive knowledge of diabetes complications showed high correlation(r=0.31, p<0.01). For the factors influencing diabetes control, a group with diabetes education showed significantly higher score of preventive knowledge about diabetes complications and better blood glucose control compared to the other group without education. In conclusion, diabetes education should be offered for diabetic patients in order to improve their diabetes knowledges and blood glucose control.