%0 Journal Article
%T EVALUATION OF THE AWARENESS OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN LIVING IN ISTANBUL TOWARDS TYPE-1 DIABETES MELLITUS BEFORE AND AFTER GIVING AN EDUCATION TO TEACHERS: A COMMUNITY-BASED, PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
%A Eda Sunnetci Silistre
%J -
%D 2019
%X Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is the most frequent endocrinological disease that has very serious complications and in recent prevalence studies it has been reported that the frequency of the disease has been increasing. There is a need to increase awareness of the disease in children diagnosed with T1DM and their families and teachers with whom they spend most of their times. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of T1DM education on awareness of the teachers towards the disease. 203 primary-secondary and high schools in different regions of Istanbul were reviewed for the year 2009 and a total of 1006 teachers and 114 students diagnosed with Type-1 DM were included in the first part of study. The participants were asked to fill in a form that included several questions to assess the awareness about the disease. Afterwards the teachers were included in a training program conducted by two pediatricians. In the second part of the study the same teachers and different 67 students diagnosed with type-1 DM from the same schools were asked to fill in the same form in 2013. It was observed that educating the teachers about DM reduced the risk of comatose situations caused by the disease and the rates of insulin injections in class, eating snacks at school and self-monitoring of blood glucose at school and home were affected significantly positively. In addition, the number of children using carbohydrate counting and the frequency of giving permission for micturition during lessons also significantly increased after the education. The present study shows that educating teachers at primary-secondary and high schools about Type-1 DM might affect the progression of the disease in a positive manner
%K Diabetes mellitus
%K £¿£¿retmen e£¿itimi
%K Okul
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/iaaojh/issue/41030/499667