Open AccessNurses' attitudes towards diabetes in tertiary care: A cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Alhaiti Ali Hassan,
Senitan Mohammed,
Shanmuganathan Selvanaayagam,
Dacosta Cliff,
Jones Linda Katherine,
Le George Binh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.334
Subject(s) - seriousness , diabetes mellitus , medicine , cross sectional study , family medicine , diabetes management , scale (ratio) , perception , nursing , type 2 diabetes , psychology , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , political science , law , endocrinology
Aim To evaluate the attitude and training of nurses in Saudi Arabia towards the care of patients with diabetes. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods Data were collected in 2016 from 1,695 participants at the King Fahad Medical City using the Diabetes Attitude Scale version 3. Results Most nurses had not received diabetes training. The agreement score of nurses for the requirement of special training for the management of diabetes is high; the survey found that most nurses were aware of the psychological effect of diabetes. However, the low agreement regarding the perception of the seriousness of diabetes among nurses and the valuing of self‐care attributes such as tight control of glycaemic level in patients with diabetes indicates the need for diabetes training.