%0 Journal Article
%T Audit of Diabetes Knowledge among Adults with Diabetes in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso): A Cross-Sectional Study Prior to Intervention Strategy
%A T¨¦n¨¦ Marceline Yam¨¦ogo
%A Carole Gilberte Kyelem
%A Oumar Guira
%A Issiaka Sombi¨¦
%A Djingri Lankoand¨¦
%A Annick Ra£¿ssa Ouelh£¿re Sidib¨¦
%A Alassane Ilboudo
%A Aim¨¦e Sankaye-Lagom Kissou
%A Abraham Bagbila
%A Apollinaire Sawadogo
%A Macaire Sampawinde Ou¨¦draogo
%A Youssouf Joseph Drabo
%J Open Journal of Internal Medicine
%P 10-17
%@ 2162-5980
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojim.2018.81002
%X Several
studies have shown the importance of therapeutic education in the management of
diabetes. Its implementation requires a prior assessment of the level of patients¡¯
knowledge. The objective of this study was to assess the level of diabetics¡¯
knowledge about their disease. <b>Methods</b>: This
was a cross-sectional study conducted between 2013 and 2015; consenting
diabetics, followed for at least one year in medicine department of Souro Sanou
Hospital, have been surveyed. The data were collected using a 51-item
questionnaire, adapted from ¡°Audit of Diabetes Knowledge¡± and administered by
an interviewer. The level of knowledge was satisfactory/good if at least 80% of
the set items or a topic were known. <b>Results:</b> A total of 268 diabetics
were surveyed. Their mean age was 54.3 ¡À 1.4 years and the sex ratio 0.8. The
majority (80.9%) lived in urban areas and half (50.4%) were uneducated. Type 2
diabetics accounted for 93.3% of the population; the average seniority was 6.0
¡À 0.7 years. The level of knowledge was generally insufficient, with an average
total score of 25.4 ¡À 1.0/51. The topics which were not well mastered related
to diet (0.8%), glycated haemoglobin (4.5%), and signs of hypoglycemia (7.8%).
The main relatively well-known topics related to the effect of physical
exercise on glycemia = 37.7%, the effect of food on glycemia = 36.9% and
glycemia target = 32.8%. <b>Conclusion:</b> This study revealed a lack of
knowledge from diabetic patients who are followed in the medicine department of
the Teaching Hospital Souro SANON (CHUSS). The implementation of a therapeutic
education program for diabetics is necessary and urgent.
%K Diabetes
%K Knowledge
%K Education
%K Burkina
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=81885