Relationship between diabetic knowledge, attitudes and practices among patients with diabetes in China: a structural equation model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Whether the routine delivery of diabetes-related knowledge can change patients' attitudes and hence influence their self-management activities remains unknown in primary healthcare settings in China. Thus, this study aims to explore the complex transformation process between knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) among patients with diabetes in a city in China.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Yuhuan City, Zhejiang Province, China.

Participants

A total of 803 patients with diabetes were invited to attend a questionnaire survey and 782 patients with type 2 diabetes completed the survey. The average age of participants was 58.47 years old, 48.21% of whom only attended primary school or below.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

A quest

SUBMITTER: Zhu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10660206 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature