Knowledge of diabetes mellitus among public school professionals

• Autor(a) principal: Garcia, Lígia Rejane Siqueira
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Araújo, Tatiana Dayane Veras Gurgel, da Silva, Priscila Gabriela Oliveira, de Medeiros, Harrison Gustavo Silva, de Barros, Sabrinne Santos, Garcia, Lívia Cristina Siqueira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/5455
• topic: Diabetes Mellitus; Health Knowledge; Attitudes; Practice; Workers; School Health.; Diabetes Mellitus; Conocimientos; Actitudes y Práctica en Salud; Trabajadores; Salud Escolar.; Diabetes Mellitus; Conhecimentos; Atitudes e Prática em Saúde; Trabalhadores; Saúde Escolar.

Objective: To describe the public school professionals’ knowledge of the disease, treatment and complications to the health of people with Diabetes Mellitus. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study, in which a structured questionnaire was applied to 50 employees of public schools in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil, in the year 2014, comprising 30 open and closed questions that addressed information on the employee’s identification and their knowledge of the disease, complications and care in the management of the diabetic individual in cases of hypoglycemia. Measures of association were held between the professionals’ knowledge of Diabetes and the independent variables (age, gender, and profession), adopting p