Nationwide survey of physicians' familiarity and awareness of diabetes guidelines in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to investigate physicians' familiarity and awareness of four diabetes guidelines and their practice of the recommendations outlined in these guidelines.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

An online questionnaire survey was conducted among physicians affiliated with the Specialist Committee for Primary Diabetes Care of China Association of Chinese Medicine, using the snowball sampling method to ensure a broader representation of physicians.

Participants

1150 physicians from 192 cities across 30 provinces in China provided complete data.

Results

Tertiary care hospital physicians (TCPs) exhibited the highest familiarity with the Guideline for the Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China (91.3%), followed b

SUBMITTER: Jia LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749004 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature